Decapoda - Anomura - Diogenidae - Dardanus

Dardanus fucosus Biffar & Provenzano, 1972



World Distribution
Felder et al. (2009, Checklist) - Western Atlantic, including Brazil. North Carolina, Gulf Mexico, Carribean Sea. 0-365 m.

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

Vertical range : Shallow to deep-waters (e.g. 10-190 m) - Min-Max observed: 1-365 m

Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: ICA (St Barthélemy, ?Martinique, Guadeloupe), IOV (Margarita, Cubagua). 1-365 m. WA.
Dardanus fucosus - Lira, 1997, tab. 3, Margarita. - Hernández et al, 1999: tab. 1, Margarita [Laguna de Las Marites]. - Tagliafico et al., 2005: tab. 1, Margarita (Los Frailes). - Hernández-Ávila et al., 2007: appendix, Cubagua [From literature]. - Questel, 2019: 8, St Barthélemy.
Dardanus fucosus - Guadeloupe - Karubenthos 2012, det. R. Lemaitre, Besse 2013, st. GD 31, 85 m, JL 896, MNHN-IU-2013-4150, 1 sp.; st. GD 37, 60 m, JL 1065, MNHN-IU-2013-4411, 1 sp.
Dardanus ?fucosus - Martinique - Photo in situ, Anse Dufour, Y. Buske, pre-det. Poupin to be confirmed. Copyright A. Dufour, Y. Buske.

Added June 2022.
Dardanus fucosus Biffar & Provenzano, 1972: 779, a lot of places in Lesser Antilles in Material examined for description, including: Sombrero, Dominica, Martinique, Grenadines, Grenada, Tobago, Los Roques, Margarita

French Guiana and surroundings areas: Guiana, Suriname, Brazil (Amapà)
Dardanus fucosus Biffar & Provenzano, 1972: 783, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana [type locality near border of French Guiana; also Guyana, R/V Oregon, 1958, 8°9'N, 58°23'W; R/V Pillsbury 1968; Suriname, R/V Coquette, 1957, French Guiana (R/V Pillsbury, Oregon)]. — Takeda, 1983: 102, Suriname, French Guiana [32–63 m]. — Abele & Kim, 1986: 29, French Guiana [Type-locality: Off French Guiana-Brazil border, 5°9' N, 51°37' W, 64 m, Oregon st. 4202]. — Coelho & Ramos-Porto, 1987: 50, Brazil Amapá [45–103 m]. — Riger, 1998: 419, Brazil Amapá. — Melo, 1999: 60, Brazil Amapá. — Le Loeuff & Cosel, 2000: 25, annexe 1, French Guiana. — Coelho et al., 2007: tab. 4, Brazil Amapá. — Corbari et al., 2015: 165–167, unnumbered tab., French Guiana [Guyane 2014].
Distribution/Habitat – WA; Marine; 1–365 m.

Comment(s) on data
New family Calcinidae Fraaije, Van Bakel & Jagt, 2017, replaces Diogenidae. Calcinidae unaccepted in Poore & Ahyong (2023) (also WoRMS 2023)

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

This species in Worms Database