Pontoniinae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea) from Brazil with taxonomic key
Author
Vieira, Rony R. R.
Author
Ferreira, Rodrigo S.
Author
D’Incao, Fernando
text
Zootaxa
2012
3149
1
38
journal article
45720
10.5281/zenodo.279517
9a013bae-8524-49ab-9627-88269911cc22
1175-5326
279517
Holthuisaeus bermudensis
(
Armstrong, 1940
)
Periclimenes (Periclimenaeus) bermudensis
—
Armstrong, 1940
:4
.
Periclimenaeus bermudensis
—
Holthuis, 1951
:107
;
Chace, 1972
:26
;
Coelho & Ramos, 1972
:146
;
Abele & Kim, 1986
:15
;
Ramos-Porto & Coelho, 1998
:338
; Bezerra & Coelho, 2006:701; Coelho
et al.
, 2006:50;
Coelho Filho, 2006
:6
;
Alves
et al
., 2008
:47
.
Holthuisaeus bermudensis
—
Anker & De Grave, 2010
:119
.
FIGURE 4.
Distribution of
Holthuisaeus bermudensis
(Armstrong, 1940)
.
Diagnosis.
Rostrum well developed, acute, extending to distal border of scaphocerite, dorsal margin with 7 to 9 teeth regularly divided, ventral margin convex and unarmed. Stylocerite broad, acute, intermediate and distal segments small, subequal; upper flagellum biramous, proximal four and five segments fused. Scaphocerite with distal tooth not reaches the apex of lamella. Carapace only with antennal spine. Mandible without palp and incisor process strongly reduced in size. First pereopods moderately robust, exceeding rostral tip by distal margin of carpus. Second pereopods strongly unequal. Major pereopod with a strong tooth on the cutting edge and finger smaller than palm. Minor pereopod with finger longer than the palm, cutting edge unarmed. Third to fifth pereopods with bifid dactyli. Abdomen with pleura of first five somites rounded. Telson with 3 pairs of dorsal spines and 3 pairs of spines on posterior margin.
Distribution.
Western Atlantic:
USA
(Florida [Atlantic coast]),
Bahamas
(Cay Sal bank)
Panama
(Cayo Solarte),
Tobago
(Man-O-War-Bay) Gulf of
Mexico
(Sackett bank),
Bermuda
, Dry
Tortugas
,
Venezuela
,
Brazil
(Maranhão, Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte, Pernambuco [Fernando de Noronha], Alagoas, Espírito Santo) (
Figure 4
) (
Armstrong, 1940
,
Holthuis, 1951
; Coelho-Filho, 2006; Coelho
et al
., 2006;
Alves
et al
., 2008
;
Anker & De Grave, 2010
).
Material examined.
ESPÍRITO
SANTO
. (
20°42’47”S
,
35°27’41”W
),
1 male
(MNRJ-19457).
Ecological notes.
The species is found at depths between 15 and
78 m
, in calcareous algae, graves funds associated with a variety of sponges and possibly also occurs shallow waters (
Armstrong, 1940
;
Coelho & Ramos, 1972
;
Ramos-Porto & Coelho, 1990
; Bezerra & Coelho, 2006;
Anker & De Grave, 2010
).