Decapoda - Brachyura - Epialtidae - Rochinia

Rochinia hystrix (Stimpson, 1871)

5 Illustration(s)

World Distribution
Poupin (1994, Etudes & Thèses) - Western Atlantic. Florida, Gulf Mexico, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Lesser Antilles (St Kitts, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St Lucia, St Vincent, Barbados). 150-708 m. - Felder et al. (2009) - 150-708 m. E GMx, Cuba, Antil

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

Vertical range : Deep (more than 100 m) - Min-Max observed: 150-708 m

Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: WA. Eastern Gulf of Mexico, Cuba, Antilles. Lesser Antilles, ICA (St Kitts, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St Lucia, St Vincent, Barbados). 150-708 m.
Amathia hystrix - A. Milne-Edwards, 1880a: 2, St Kitts, Martinique, St Lucia, St Vincent, Barbados [R/V Blake, 88-221 brasses].
Anamathia hystrix - Faxon, 1896: 153, Barbados [R/V Blake, st. 300, 82 fathoms].
Scyramathia hystrix - A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1923: 380, St Kitts, St Lucia, St Vincent, Barbados [R/V Blake, 88-221 brasses].
Rochinia hystrix - Rathbun, 1925: 214, pl. 70-71, Martinique, St Lucia, St Vincent, Barbados [146-708 m]. - Poupin, 1994: 42, Guadeloupe [R/V Polka, 485 m, det. M. Tavares (MNHN)]. - Pettan, 2013: 56, Martinique [IGMAR 3, dredge, 380, 14°23'36"N, 60°53'90"W, IFREMER, 19.ix.1994, 1 male MZUSP 17344]. - Pettan & Tavares, 2014: 307, Martinique, Barbados [same, plus R/V Oregon, st. 5018, 13°00 N 59°55 W, 20.ix.1964, 320 m]. - Poupin & Corbari, 2016: in press, Guadeloupe, Karubenthos II 2015, st. CP4532, 11 June 2015, 16°30.06'N, 61°37.54'W, 367-362 m, MNHN-IU-2013-18830; st. DW4573, 17 June 2015, 16°19.9'N, 60°54.6'W, 413-389 m, MNHN-IU-2013-18966; st. CP4648, 29 June 2015, 16°2.31'N, 61°27.3'W, 388-368 m, MNHN-IU-2013-19198.

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