Decapoda - Caridea - Pandalidae - Heterocarpus

Heterocarpus oryx A. Milne-Edwards, 1881b

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World Distribution
Poupin (1994: 22, Etudes & Thèses) - Western Atlantic. Cuba, Gulf of Mexico, Lesser Antilles (Guadeloupe, Martinique), Brazil. 649-1774 m.

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

Vertical range : Deep (more than 100 m) - Min-Max observed: 649-1774 m

Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: GMx–N Brz Gulf of Mexico to northern Brazil. Lesser Antilles, ICA (Guadeloupe, Martinique). 649-1774 m. WA.
Heterocarpus oryx - Paulmier, 1993: 15, Guadeloupe, Martinique [Trap 900-1000 m]. - Paulmier & Gervain, 1994: 10, tab. 2, Martinique [R/V Polka, deep trap]. - Poupin, 1994: 22, Guadeloupe [R/V Polka, 700-1000 m, det. A. Crosnier (MNHN)]. - Gervain et al., 2002: 15, Guadeloupe [R/V Polka, trap 926-1015 m].
Heterocarpus oryx - Guadeloupe, Karubenthos II 2015, field det. J. Poupin, st. CP4617, 25 June 2015, 16°20.98'N, 60°44.95'W, 874-830 m, MNHN-IU-2013-19080.
Comment: this species ressembles Heterocarpus laevigatus but can be tell apart easily with spines present on dorsal margin of rostrum while this part is smooth in H. laevigatus.

French Guiana and surroundings areas: Guiana, Suriname, Brazil (Amapà)
Heterocarpus oryx – Ramos-Porto et al., 2003: 91, Brazil Amapá [R/V Almirante Paulo Moreira, 04°07’N, 48°53’W), 27/06/2001, 960 m]. — Coelho et al., 2006: tab. 3, Brazil Amapá.
Distribution/Habitat – WA; Marine; 679–1774 m.

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