Decapoda - Brachyura - Parthenopidae - Tutankhamen

Tutankhamen cristatipes (A. Milne-Edwards, 1880)

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World Distribution
McLay & Tan (2009: 40, Zootaxa) - Distribution. Known only from the Caribbean Sea: Windward Is and Pourtales Plateau. Depth range 227–366 m (Rathbun, 1925). - Felder et al. (2009) - Fla Str, Antil. 227-366

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Hard bottom (rock and rubbles)

Vertical range : Deep (more than 100 m) - Min-Max observed: 227-366 m

Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: ICA (St Vincent). 227-366. WA.
Mesorhoea cristatipes A. Milne-Edwards, 1880a: 5, St Vincent [R/V Blake, st. 269, 124 brasses]. - A. Milne-Edwards, 1880: 352, pl. 31a, fig. 6, St Vincent [R/V Blake, st. 269, St Vincent, 124 brasses]. - A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1923: 359, St Vincent [R/V Blake, st. 269]. - Tutankhamen cristatipes - Rathbun, 1925: 531, pl. 277, fig. 3, 5, St Vincent [from literature, type locality]. - McLay & Tan, 2009: 40, St Vincent [Type material. HOLOTYPE: male 16.9 x 13.5 mm (MCZ 8943), Blake Expedition 1878–79, stn 269, Caribbean Sea, Windward Is, off St. Vincent, 13°07’36”N, 61°05’36”W, 227 m, A. Agassiz coll., 3 Mars 1879].
Comment: A good photograph of the type is in McLay & Tan (2009, fig. 22).

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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