Decapoda - Anomura - Diogenidae - Areopaguristes

Areopaguristes oxyophthalmus (Holthuis, 1959)



World Distribution
Felder et al. (2009) - Western Atlantic, 27-494 m. Florida, off Mississipi delta, SW Gulf Mexico, Surinam - Lesser Antilles (Guadeloupe). - Ayón-Parente et al. (2015, Zootaxa), new generic combination, Western Atlantic: from the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea, to Pará, Brazil (Campos & Sánchez 1995; this study).

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

Vertical range : Shallow to deep-waters (e.g. 10-190 m) - Min-Max observed: 27-732 m

Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: ICA (Guadeloupe, Trinidad). 27-494 m. WA.
Areopaguristes oxyophthalmus - Ayón-Parente et al., 2015: 502, Trinidad [11 males (SL 1.9–5.0 mm), 5 females (SL 1.9–3.9 mm), 7 ovig females (SL 2.1–3.9 mm), NW of Trinidad, Lesser Antilles, Caribbean Sea, R/V Pillsbury, sta P-849, 11°14.5'N, 61°46.2'W, 137–139 m, ot, USNM 1253257].
Paguristes oxyophthalmus - Guadeloupe, Karubenthos 2012, pre-det. R. Lemaitre, Besse 2013, 16-160 m; st. GB30, 16 m, JL1387, 1 sp., MNHN-IU-2013-5321; st. GD01, 80 m, JL135, 1 sp., MNHN-IU-2013-5340, photo, JL136, 9 spp, MNHN-IU-2013-4708; JL161, 1 sp., MNHN-IU-2013-4297; st. GD02, 80 m, 8 spp, MNHN-IU-2013-5028; st. GD25, 160 m, JL751, 1 sp., MNHN-IU-2013-4297; st. GD28, 110 m, JL819, 2 spp, MNHN-IU-2013-4388; st. GD31, 85 m, JL896, MNHN-IU-2013-4149; st. GD33, 130 m, JL932, 1 sp., MNHN-IU-2013-5465; st. GD35, 66 m, JL973, 1 sp., MNHN-IU-2013-4296; st. GD36, 65 m, JL1031, 2 sp., MNHN-IU-2013-4687; st. GD37, 60 m, JL1065, 2 spp, MNHN-IU-2013-4410, JL1065, 1 sp., MNHN-IU-2013-4565; st. GD59, 88 m, 1 sp., MNHN-IU-2013-5603; st. GD69, 60 m, 3 spp, MNHN-IU-2013-4869; st. GS05, 22 m, JL268, 1 sp., MNHN-IU-2013-5476; st. GS11, 17 m, 1 sp., MNHN-IU-2013-4843; st. GS16, 25 m, JL744, 1 sp., MNHN-IU-2013-5006; st. GS18, 49 m, 3 spp, MNHN-IU-2013-5129; st. GS23, 7 m, JL975, 1 sp., MNHN-IU-2013-4848; st. GS36, 50 m, JL1439, 1 sp., MNHN-IU-2013-5237.
Comment: Paguristed oxyophthalmus is transferred to Areopaguristes by Ayón-Parente et al. (2015).

French Guiana and surroundings areas: Guiana, Suriname, Brazil (Amapà)
Paguriste oxyophthalmus Holthuis, 1959a: 135, Suriname [27–51 m]. — Takeda, 1983: 101, Suriname, French Guiana [32 m]. — Le Loeuff & Cosel, 2000: 25, annexe 1, French Guiana.
Areopaguristes oxyophthalmus – Ayón-Parente et al., 2015: 501, Suriname [Types specimens, coll. R/V Coquette, 1957, 31–46 m].
Distribution/Habitat – WA; Marine; 27–732 (mostly 20–40) m.

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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