Decapoda - Anomura - Parapaguridae - Paragiopagurus
| Paragiopagurus pilimanus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1880) |
World Distribution
Poupin (1994, Etudes & Thèses) - Western Atlantic. Bermudas, Bahamas, Florida, Carribea, Lesser Antilles (Guadeloupe). 36-2034 m, mostly 200-600 m. - Lemaitre (2013, Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos) - Western Atlantic: from Bermuda, the Bahamas, Straits of Florida and Gulf of Mexico, to the southeastern Caribbean. Depth: 36-2034 m.
Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Hard bottom (rock and rubbles)
Vertical range : Shallow to deep-waters (e.g. 10-190 m) - Min-Max observed: 36-2034 m
Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: Bermuda, Bahamas, Florida, Caribbean Sea (Lemaitre, 2013). Lesser Antilles, VGI (north of Virgin Islands), ICA (Saba, St Kitts, Guadeloupe, Martinique, ?Barbados), IOV (Curaçao). 36-2034 m. WA.
Eupagurus pilimanus A. Milne-Edwards, 1880a: 43, St Kitts, Guadeloupe, ?Barbados [R/V Blake, 175-288 brasses] - In part, the specimen from Barbados is probably Sympagurus pictus Smith, 1883 (cf. Lemaitre, 2004, 2013).
Sympagurus pilimanus - A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1893: 63, St Kitts, Guadeloupe [pl. 5, fig. 8-20, St Kitts, Guadeloupe, R/V Blake, st. 148, 208 brasses, st. 167, 175 brasses] - In part, others places are for S. pictus Smith (cf. Lemaitre, 2004, 2013). - Bullis & Thompson, 1965 : 10, off Saba [R/V Oregon, st. 2639]. - Poupin, 1994: 34, Guadeloupe [R/V Polka, 240-595 m, det. J. Forest (MNHN)]. - Lemaitre, 1989: 94, Johnson Smithsonian Deep-Sea Expedition, st. 100, north of Virgin Islands. - Paulmier, 1996: 23, pl. 29, fig. 2, Martinique.
Paragiopagurus pilimanus - Lemaitre, 2013: 408, Guadeloupe, Curaçao [distribution and synonymy, including: 'Eupagurus pilimanus A. Milne-Edwards, 1880: 43 (in part; lectotype locality: Guadeloupe); Caribbean Sea. Off Curaçao Sea Aquarium, Willemstaad, CURASUB: stn 12-03, 12°05.078’N, 68°53.788’W, 144.8-182.8 m, 05.28.2012, 1 female 3.9 mm (USNM 1190206, colour voucher number CURI 12039)].
Paragiopagurus pilimanus - Guadeloupe - Coll. Lamy, 2002-2003, traps & nets, det McLaughlin, 2005 (MNHN). -
Guadeloupe, Karubenthos II 2015, field det. J. Poupin, st. CP4532, 11 June 2015, 16°30.06'N, 61°37.54'W, 367-362 m, MNHN-IU-2013-18825; st. DW4536 or CP4536, 12 June 2015, 16°40.57'N, 61°27.55'W, 347-323 m, MNHN-IU-2013-18887; st. DW4611, 24 June 2013, 16°19.27'N, 60°51.68'W, 263-242 m, MNHN-IU-2013-19056.
Comment: this species can be quickly recognized based on the bright red coloration on distal half of ocular peduncles. It was already photographed in color around Guadeloupe during the R/V Polka campaign (Poupin, 1994).
References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)This species in Worms Database