Decapoda - Brachyura - Dromiidae - Moreiradromia
| Moreiradromia antillensis (Stimpson, 1858) |
World Distribution
Felder et al (2009, Checklist) - Western Atlantic. 1-330 m. Bermudas, North Carolina, Gulf Mexico, Brazil, St Helena. 1-330 m.
Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Associated with sponges
Vertical range : Shallow to deep-waters (e.g. 10-190 m) - Min-Max observed: 1-330 m
Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: Bermudas, North Carolina to Gulf of Mexico, Brazil, St Helena. Lesser Antilles, VGI (St Thomas, St Croix, St John, Norman), ICA (St Martin, ?Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, Grenada), IOV (Margarita, Cubagua). 1-330 m. WA.
Dromidia antillensis Stimpson, 1859: 71, St Thomas. - A. Milne-Edwards, 1880a: 31, St John, Norman (Flanagan Passage), Grenada [R/V Blake, 27-170 brasses]. - A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1902: 22, Grenada. - Rathbun, 1920a: 15, St Martin [coll. J. Boeke, 1905]. - Rathbun, 1921: 66, Barbados [Barbados-Antigua Expedition 1918]. - Rathbun, 1933: 108, St Thomas, St Croix. - Ratbhun, 1937: 33, St Thomas, St Croix, St Martin, Grenada. - Chace, 1956: 153, Los Roques. - Rodríguez, 1980: 250, Margarita [also Virgin Is in distribution]. - Taissoun, 1982-1983: 56, Margarita. - Paulmier, 1993: 23, Martinique [R/V Polka, 20-30 m]. - Debelius, 2001: 80, Dominica.
Cryptodromia antillensis - Hernández et al, 1999: tab. 1, Margarita (Laguna de Las Marites).
Moreiradromia antillensis - Hernández-Ávila et al., 2007: appendix, Cubagua [From literature].
Dromia vulgaris - Doflein, 1899: 182, Martinique [Dromia vulgaris H. Milne Edwards, 1837 is a synonym of Dromia personata in the eastern Atlantic only; Doflein record from Martinique is probably not this species but M. antillensis instead].
Moreiradromia ?antillensis - Guadeloupe (first record), Karubenthos II 2015, field det. J. Poupin, st. DW4545, 14 June 2015, 16°30.17'N, 61°31.41'W, 82-60 m, MNHN-IU-2013-18946; st. DW4553, 15 June 2015, 16°20.82'N, 60°53.3'W, 162-111 m, MNHN-IU-2013-18916.
Comment: Karubenthos specimens are most probably M. antillensis, common in Lesser Antilles. However, on photos the details of the carapace are hidden under setae and the determination needs to be confirmed by examination of the specimens. Specimen MNHN 18946 was collected with its sponge, carried by the 5th pereiopods and used as a camouflage.
Moreiradromia antillensis — Parasram et al., 2023 (Zootaxa): 12, Barbados, Coconut Court, Christ Church, nearshore rubble, 13°04’03.59”N, 59°36’13.78”W, 1 M CW: 5.1 mm (BLSZ 176).
French Guiana and surroundings areas: Guiana, Suriname, Brazil (Amapŕ)
Dromidia antillensis – Durand, 1959: 32, photo 13, French Guiana [R/V ORSOM II; det. Guinot-Dumortier]. — Guinot-Dumortier, 1959a: 428, French Guiana [32–50 m]. — Holthuis, 1959a: 162, Suriname [27–48 m]. — Bullis & Thompson, 1965: 10, Guyana, Suriname [R/V Oregon, st. 2249, 7°40' N, 30 fathoms, 55 m; st. 2339, 7°12' N, 17 fathoms, 31 m]. — Barreto et al., 1993: tab. 1, Brazil Amapá [Guianas]. — Le Loeuff & Cosel, 2000: 25, annex 1, French Guiana.
Criptodromiopsis (sic) antillensis – Silva et al., 1998: 87, Brazil Amapá [69 m].
Cryptodromiopsis antillensis – Melo, 1996: 68, Brazil Amapá. — Braga et al., 2005: 3, Brazil, Amapá. — Cintra et al., 2017: tab. 1-6, Brazil Amapá [bycatch of shrimp fisheries, 0–4°N, 27–47 m].
Moreiradromia antillensis – Coelho et al., 2008: 7, Brazil Amapá [From Barreto et al. (1993a)]. — Alves et al., 2012b: 941, Brazil Amapá [Checklist]. — Guinot et al., 2013: 281, French Guiana [1 female 14.0 × 15.0 mm, South America (MNHN-B12717); 1 male 18.0 × 18.0 mm, French Guiana (MNHN-B22029); 1 male 18.0 × 18.0 mm, French Guiana (MNHN-B22030)]. — Corbari et al., 2015: 165–167, unnumbered tab., French Guiana [R/V Hermano Gines, July–October 2014, 30–800 m; 15 lots in MNHN, det. not indicated, e.g. http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/iu/2013-2503, CP4357, 60–61 m]. — Tavares & Mendonça 2022: 18, Suriname, "Guianas", Brazil Amapá [Distribution].
Distribution/Habitat – WA; Marine; 1–330 m.
References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)This species in Worms Database