Decapoda - Achelata - Scyllaridae - Scyllarides

Scyllarides nodifer (Stimpson, 1866)

8 Illustration(s)

World Distribution
Felder et al. (2009: 1064) - Western Atlantic. Bermudas, North Carolina, Gulf Mexico; 2-91 m. Plus Karubenthos 2012, Lesser Antilles (Guadeloupe), notable extension of range in Lesser Antilles (abdominal somites 2-4 of the single sp. examined have an elevated median ridge)

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

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 2-91 m

Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: ICA (Guadeloupe, Isla de Aves, Martinique). 2-91 m. WA.
Scyllarides nodifer - Garcia et al., 1998: 27, Isla de Aves [From literature].
Scyllarides nodifer - Guadeloupe - Karubenthos 2012, det. E. Macpherson, Besse 2013 (nb. J. Poupin, probably a juvenile of this species), MNHN-IU-2013-6680, st. GM09, 1 m, JL481, photo; MNHN-IU-2013-6681, st. GR13, 11 m, JL435, photo - Martinique, groupe BIOSPHERES, novembre 2015, coll. R. Ferry, Y. Buske., det. J. Poupin November 2015

Comment(s) on data
Notable extension of range for S. nodifer in Lesser Antilles. Abdominal somites 2-4 of the single sp. examined have an elevated median ridge but coloration as indicated in Holthuis (1991) not recognized. It may be interesting to compare this specimen with other MNHN S. nodifer. Previously the species was distributed only in Bermudas, North Carolina, Gulf Mexico and Lyons (1970: 1) indicates 'Scyllarides nodifer occurs from the Gulf of Mexico to North Carolina and Bermuda in 2 to 91 m. The Florida Current and Gulf Stream probably prohibit distribution of the larvae southward.
Par rapport à Lyons (1970, fig. 1), les bords latéraux de la carpace du spécimen examiné et les bandes de couleur sur les pattes ne correspondent pas. Par contre cela est plus proche de ibidem fig. 19 pour un juvénile de S. nodifer.

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