First record and range extension of the Galapagos slipper lobster, Scyllarides astori (Decapoda, Scyllaridae) in the central Pacific coast of Mexico mainland
Author
Carbajal-López, Alberto
Author
Rosende-Pereiro, Alejandro
Author
Corgos, Antonio
text
Zootaxa
2017
4277
2
285
288
journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4277.2.10
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Suborder
PLEOCYEMATA Burkenroad, 1963
Family
SCYLLARIDAE Latreille, 1825
Genus
Scyllarides
Gill, 1898
Scyllarides astori
Holthuis 1960
Material
examined.
DEDSZC-CRU-280:
Female
,
385 mm
TL,
186 mm
TaL,
124 mm
CL,
112 mm
CW, fresh weight
946 g
.
Date
:
01/31/2016
.
Location
:
Morro Prieto
,
Bahía de Navidad
,
Jalisco
,
México
(
19°13.581’ N
,
104°45.261’ W
), depth
20 m
.
Collector: Juan Carlos Quiroz.
DEDSZC-CRU-281:
Male
,
329 mm
TL,
152 mm
TaL,
108 mm
CL,
96 mm
CW, fresh weight
665 g
.
Date
:
01/31/ 2016
.
Location
:
Morro Prieto
,
Bahía de Navidad
,
Jalisco
,
México
(
19°13.581’ N
,
104°45.261’ W
), depth
20 m
.
Collector: Juan Carlos Quiroz.
DEDSZC-CRU-282:
Female
(ovigerous),
392.5 mm
TL,
185 mm
TaL,
124.5 mm
CL,
113 mm
CW, fresh weight
995 g
.
Date
:
02/17/2016
.
Location
:
La Tortuga
,
Manzanillo
,
Colima
,
México
(
19°4.926’ N
,
104°26.397’ W
), depth
15 m
.
Collector: Francisco Contreras. (
Fig 2
).
Remarks.
The specimen examined DEDSZC-CRU-282 was one of the largest reported (maximum known size:
378 mm
TL:
Hearn 2004
), a berried female with eggs in early stage of development (light orange,
Fig. 2
).