Decapoda - Anomura - Porcellanidae - Petrolisthes

Petrolisthes galathinus (Bosc, 1802)



World Distribution
Felder et al. (2009) - Eastern Pacific, Western Atlantic 0-55 m - NCar–GMx–Brazil, E Atl, E Pac.
Hiller & Werding (Zookeys, in press 2023) - Distribution restricted to WA

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

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 0-55 m

Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: VGI (St Thomas, St Croix, Jost Van Dyke, St John), ICA (St Martin, St Barthélemy, Guadeloupe, Isla de Aves, Barbados, Tobago, Trinidad), IOV (Margarita, Cubagua, Tortuga, Los Roques, Bonaire, Curaçao, Aruba). 0-55 m. WA-EP.
Petrolisthes galathinus - Nobili, 1898: 2, St Thomas [coll. Duchassaing]. - Calcinus sulcatus H. Milne Edwards, 1836 accepted as Calcinus tibicen (Herbst, 1791).- A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1923: 289, St John (Flanagan Passag) [R/V Blake, st. 142, Flanagan Passage, 27 brasses]. - Rathbun, 1920a: 11, Curaçao [coll. J. Boeke, 1905]. - Schmitt, 1924b: 73, Curaçao [coll. C.J. van der Horst, 1920]. - Schmitt, 1924a:88, Barbados. - Schmitt, 1935: 186, Culebra, Vieques, St Thomas. - Schmitt, 1936: 374, Aruba [coll. P. Hummelinck, 1930]. - Chace, 1956: 152, Los Roques. - Haig, 1956 : 22, Trinidad, Cubagua [coll. R/V Velero III, 1939]. - Haig, 1962: 175, St Thomas, St John, St Croix, Jost Van Dyke (Tobabo) [Coll. Th. Mortensen, 1906, 1916]. - Gore, 1974: 712, Guadeloupe [R/V Pillsbury, st. P-916, intertidal]. - Rodríguez, 1980: 217, Margarita, Cubagua, Bonaire, Curaçao, Aruba. - Grajal & Laughlin, 1984: 225, Los Roques. - Lira, 1997, tab. 4, Margarita. - Garcia et al., 1998: tab. 1, Isla de Aves. - Hernández et al, 1999: tab. 1, Margarita [Laguna de Las Marites]. - Lira, 2004: tab. 1, Tortuga. - Tagliafico et al., 2005: tab. 1, Margarita (Los Frailes). - Hiller et al., 2006, tab. 2, Cubagua ['White teeth' form]. - Hernández-Ávila et al., 2007: tab. 1, Cubagua. - Lira et al., 2012, tab. 1, Tortuga. - Poupin & Lemaitre, 2014: 17, tab. 2, Virgin Islands, Guadeloupe, Barbados, Margarita, Cubagua, La Tortuga, Los Roques, Bonaire, Curaçao, Aruba [Guadeloupe, from Karubenthos 2012, see below]. - Lira et al., 2017b: 26, Los Roques. - Questel, 2019: 5, St Barthélemy.
Petrolisthes galathinus - Saint Martin, RNN Inventory 2012, UF31896, photo dSTM_0538, 10/4/2012; UF32557, photo dSTM_4334, 26/4/2012; UF32191, photo dSTM_5641, 16/4/2012; UF32192, photo dSTM_5647, 16/4/2012; UF32502, photo dSTM_7150, 23/4/2012; UF32515, photo dSTM_7432, 25/4/2012; UF32557, photo dSTM_7578, 25/4/2012. - Guadeloupe, Karubenthos 2012 - 1 M 7.9x7.9 mm, MNHN-IU-2013-5087, 1 F ov. 6.0x6.0 mm, MNHN-IU-2013-6861, 3 spp., MNHN-IU-2013-5216, st. GM06, 1 m, lot JL248; 1 M 9.0x9.0 mm, MNHN-IU-2013-6807, st. GM06, 1 m, lot JL293; 1 sp., MNHN-IU-2013-5086, st. GM06, 1 m, lot JL294, 1 sp., MNHN-IU-2013-5090, st. GM06, 1 m, lot JL295; 2 MM 5.5x5.5–8.2x8.0 mm, 1 F 7.4x7.3 mm, MNHN-IU-2013-4979, st. GM06, 1 m, lot JL279; 1 F 7.2x7.2 mm, MNHN-IU-2013-6808, st. GM11, 1 m, lot JL692; 1 F, MNHN-IU-2013-4977, st. GM11, 1 m, lot JL692; 20 spp. 4.4x4.4–6.6x6.6 mm, MNHN-IU-2013-5060, st. GM11, 1 m, lot JL692; 1 M 4.8x4.5 mm, MNHN-IU-2013-7155, st. GB01, 6 m, lot JL103b. ADDITIONAL OBSERVATION — Guadeloupe, KARUBENTHOS, 2012, 1 sp. St. GM10, 1 m, lot JL573, photo only (Fig. 3G), specimen not retrieved. Color variety of P. galathinus “White Teeth 2” in Hiller et al. (2006: 556, tab 3 and http://www.uni-giessen.de/porcellanidae/].

Petrolisthes aff. galathinus - Ferreira & Anker (2021: 82, Zootaxa). A. French Antilles: 1 ov. female, cl cw indet. (FLMNH UF 32191), Saint Martin, Sta. STM-038, Ilôt de l’Embouchure, 18°04’01.2”N, 63°00’43.2”W, reef, depth 0–1 m, leg. A. Anker et al., 17.04.2012 (fcn BSTM-0961); 1 female, cl cw indet. (FLMNH UF 32192), same collection data as for previous specimen (fcn BSTM-0962); 1 female, cl cw indet. (1 cheliped missing) (FLMNH UF 32515), Saint Martin, Sta. STM-062, Caye Verte Island, 18°05’09.0”N, 63°00’40.1”W, reef with sand and seagrass, depth 1–10 m, leg. A. Anker et al., 25.04.2012 (fcn BSTM-1727). Petrolisthes aff. galathinus form B. French Antilles: 1 female, cl cw indet. (FLMNH UF 32557), Saint Martin, Caye Verte Island, 18°05’09.0”N, 63°00’40.1”W, reef with sand and seagrass, depth 1–10 m, leg. A. Anker et al., 25.04.2012 (fcn BSTM-1852); 1 male, cl cw indet. (FLMNH UF 32502), Saint Martin, Sta. STM-060, Pinel Island, 18°06’26.7”N, 63°01’02.2”W, reef, depth 1.5–7 m, leg. G. Paulay et al., 24.04.2012 (fcn BSTM-1711).

French Guiana and surroundings areas: Guiana, Suriname, Brazil (Amapà)
Petrolisthes galathinus – Holthuis, 1959a: 162, French Guiana [27 m]. — Tricart & Foubert, 2000, tab. 1, French Guiana [List].
Distribution/Habitat – WA; Marine; 0–55 m.

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