Decapoda - Brachyura - Pseudothelphusidae - Guinotia
| Guinotia dentata (Latreille, 1825) |
World Distribution
Chace & Hobbs (1969) - Endemic to Lesser Antilles (Leeward Islands: Guadeloupe, Dominica; Windward Islands: Martinique, Saint Lucia). Also St Vincent (cf. Doris).
Environnement : Freshwater - Substrat/Association : Soft bottom (mud or sand)
Vertical range : Land & Freshwater - Min-Max observed: 0-0 m
Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: ICA (Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, St Lucia, St Vincent). Freshwater. Endemic/ICA.
Boscia dentala (sic) - Desbonne, in Desbonne & Schramm, 1867: 40, Guadeloupe - In H. Milne Edwards (1837: 461) Boscia dentata is the same as Thelphusa denta Latreille, 1825 currently accepted as Guinotia dentata (Latreille, 1825) in WoRMS (2016).
Pseudothelphusa tenuipes Pocock, 1889: 7, Dominica - Accepted as Guinotia dentata (Latreille, 1825) in WoRMS (2016).
Pseudothelphusa dentata (H. Milne-Edw.) - Verrill, 1892: 353, Dominica [coll. G.E. & A.H. Verrill, 1890] - Indicated as 'Surique' (probably for 'Cirique') and the same as Pseudothelphusa tenuipes Pocock, 1889 currently accepted as Guinotia dentata (Latreille, 1825) in WoRMS.
Potamocarcinus dentatus - Doflein, 1899: 187, Martinique - Accepted as Guinotia dentata (Latreille, 1825) in Rodríguez (1982).
Guinotia dentata - Chace & Hobbs, 1969 - Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, St Lucia. - Rodríguez, 1982: 187, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, St Vincent. - Carré, 2005: 23, Martinique. - Lim et al., 2002: 54, Martinique. - Monti et al., 2010: 32, 68, Guadeloupe [but not photo p. 69 which is not Guinotia dentata but Goniopsis cruentata instead].
Guinotia dentata - Guadeloupe, rivière Galon Basse Terre, photo in situ, J.-M. Poupin. - Martinique, Sainte Luce, forêt de Montravail, photo in situ, L. Charles. - Guadeloupe, Martinique, St Lucia, St Vincent, A. Prouzet, DORIS webpage 2016.
Comment(s) on data
This freshwater crab is endemic to Lesser Antilles. See biology & ecology at Doris, http://doris.ffessm.fr/fiche2.asp?fiche_numero=1197
DORIS, 3/8/2009 : Guinotia dentata (Latreille, 1825), http://doris.ffessm.fr/fiche2.asp?fiche_numero=1197 (redaction, A. Prouzet, Saint-Vincent, Sainte-Lucie, Martinique, Dominique, Guadeloupe).
References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)This species in Worms Database