Decapoda - Brachyura - Cymonomidae - Cymonomus

Cymonomus leblondi Tavares, 1994

3 Illustration(s)

World Distribution
Tavares (1994: 204, Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris) - Lesser Antilles (Guadeloupe). 600 m.

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Soft bottom (mud or sand)

Vertical range : Deep (more than 100 m) - Min-Max observed: 600-690 m

Lesser Antilles data
Distribution (Tavares, 1994): ICA (Guadeloupe). 600-690 m. Only/ICA.
Cymonomus sp. nov. - Poupin, 1994: 39 - Guadeloupe [R/V Polka, 600 m, 1 sp. det. M. Tavares (MNHN)].
Cymonomus leblondi Tavares, 1994: 204, Guadeloupe [R/V Polka, 600 m].
Cymonomus leblondi - Guadeloupe, Karubenthos II 2015, field det. J. Poupin/M. Tavares, st. DW4510, 7 June 2015, 16°15.1'N, 61°51.3'W, 660-690 m, MNHN-IU-2013-18856.
Comment: this is the first record of this species since its description from Guadeloupe. The determination in based on figures and key in Tavares (1994) confirm by M. Tavares (pers. com.). The maximum depth range is set herein to 660/690 m, instead of 600 m previously.
Guinot et al., 2013: 280, Zootaxa - Cymonomus leblondi Tavares, 1994, male 6.5 × 6.0 mm, holotype, West Indies, Guadeloupe (MNHN-B24782)

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