Checklist of the Decapods (Crustacea) from the Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, Brazil
Author
Alves, Maria De Lourdes
Author
Ramos-Porto, Marilena
Author
Viana, Girlene Fábia Segundo
text
Zootaxa
2008
1881
43
68
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.184217
7c3cd8cb-c7ba-40d9-94ff-5bdb9a5de987
1175-5326
184217
Family
Xanthidae MacLeay, 1838
Actaea acantha
(H. Milne Edwards, 1834)
Diagnosis:
Melo, 1996
:339.
Previous records:
Pocock, 1890
:511[as
Lophactaea lobata
(Milne Edwards, 1834)
];
Coelho and Ramos, 1972
:189; Fausto
Filho, 1974
:12;
Abele and Kim, 1986
:55;
Melo, 1996
:339, 1998:481;
Coelho et al., 2002
:441;
Melo and Veloso, 2005
:800.
Examined material: JAN/2000: Praia do Leão, 2 exuvias.
Habitat: Generally on rocks; under seaweed, in bottom sandy.
Cataleptodius floridanus
(Gibbes, 1850)
Diagnosis:
Melo, 1996
: 343.
Previous records:
Rathbun, 1930
:297;
Coelho and Ramos, 1972
:190; Fausto
Filho, 1974
:12 [as
Leptodius floridanus
(Gibbes, 1850)
];
Melo, 1996
: 343, 1998:482;
Coelho et al., 2002
:441.
Examined material: NOV/91: Praia do Porto,
1 exuvia
. DEC/91: Praia da Atalaia,
1 male
. APR/92: Praia da Atalaia,
2 males
,
3 females
(1 ovigerous). JUL/92: Baía do Sueste,
1 male
. AUG/92: Baía do Sueste,
2 males
,
1 female
(ovigerous). NOV/92: Praia do Porto,
1 female
(ovigerous). FEB/93: Praia do Porto,
2 males
. MAR/93: Praia da Caieira,
1 male
,
1 female
. JAN/2000: Praia da Caieira,
1 male
.
Habitat: Generally on rocks; under seaweed, in bottom sandy.
Cataleptodius parvulus
(Fabricius, 1793)
Diagnosis:
Melo, 1996
:395 [as
Xanthodius parvulus
(Fabricius, 1793)
]
Previous records:
Pocock, 1890
:511 [as
Leptodius americanus
(Saussure, 1858)
]; Fausto
Filho, 1974
:12 [as
Leptodius parvulus
(Fabricius, 1773)
];
Melo, 1996
: 395, 1998:491;
Coelho et al., 2002
:441.
Examined material: JUL/92: Baía do Sueste,
4 males
. AUG/92: Baía do Sueste,
1 male
,
1 female
. DEC/ 92: Praia do Cachorro,
2 males
,
1 female
. DEC/92: Praia da Conceição,
1 female
(ovigerous). DEC/92: Praia da Caieira,
1 male
,
1 female
. FEB/93: Praia da Conceição,
5 males
. MAR/93: Praia do Porto,
1 male
. AUG/ 93: Praia do Boldró,
1 male
. OCT/93: Praia do Porto,
3 males
. JAN/2000: Praia da Caieira:
3 females
.
Habitat: On rocks; in bottoms sand-slimy and sand-muddy.
Observation: Brownish coloration.
Platypodiella spectabilis
(Herbst, 1794)
Diagnosis:
Melo, 1996
:388.
Previous records:
Pocock, 1890
:511 [as
Lophactaea lobata
Milne Edwards, 1862
];
Rathbun, 1930
:247;
Coelho and Ramos, 1972
:189; Fausto
Filho, 1974
:11 [as
Platypodia spectabilis
(Herbst, 1794)
];
Melo, 1996
: 388, 1998:490;
Coelho et al., 2002
:441;
Melo and Veloso, 2005
:800.
Examined material: AUG/92: Praia da Conceição,
1 male
. SEP/92: Praia da Conceição, 2 exuvias. NOV/ 92: Praia do Boldró,
1 male
. MAR/93: Baía do Sueste,
1 male
,
1 female
(ovigerous).
Habitat: Under coral; on rocks; in bottom sand-muddy.
Observation: Coloration orange with white and yellowish spots.
Xanthodius americanus
(Saussure, 1858)
Diagnosis:
Guinot, 1968
:712
Previous record:
Coelho and Ramos, 1972
:190.