Decapoda - Anomura - Porcellanidae - Petrolisthes

Petrolisthes jugosus Streets, 1872

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World Distribution
Felder et al. (2009) - Western Atlantic (0-146 m) - Fla Keys, GMx, Antil, Carib–Ven. - Poupin & Lemaitre, 2014: 20, tab. 2, Zoosystema, Virgin Islands, Lesser Antilles, ICA (St Martin, Guadeloupe, Barbados, Tobago), IOV (Cubagua, Margarita, La Blanquilla, La Tortuga, Bonaire, Curaçao)

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

Vertical range : Shallow to deep-waters (e.g. 10-190 m) - Min-Max observed: 0-146 m

Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: VGI (St Thomas, Jost Van Dyke, St Croix, Jost Van Dyke), ICA (St Martin, St Barthélemy, Guadeloupe, Barbados), IOV (Margarita, Cubagua, Blanquilla, Tortuga, Los Roques, Bonaire, Curaçao). 0-146 m. WA.
Petrolisthes jugosus Streets, 1872: 134, St Martin [coll. Van Rijgersma]. - Schmitt, 1924b: 74, Curaçao [coll. C.J. van der Horst, 1920]. - Schmitt, 1924a:88, Barbados. - Schmitt, 1935: 186, St Thomas, St Martin, Barbados. - Schmitt, 1936: 374, Bonaire [coll. P. Hummelinck, 1930]. - Holthuis, 1959: 76, St Martin [Museum Philadelphia, coll. Van Rijgersma, 'the specimen mentioned by Streets (1872) seems to have been lost']. - Haig, 1962: 180, St Thomas, St Croix, Jost Van Dyke (Tobago) [Coll. Th. Mortensen, 1906, 1916]. - Scelzo & Varela, 1988: 37, Blanquilla. - Lira, 1997: tab. 4, Margarita. - Lira, 2004: tab. 1, Tortuga [Also from literature]. - Tagliafico et al., 2005: tab. 1, Margarita (Los Frailes). - Hernández-Ávila et al., 2007: tab. 1, Cubagua. - Lira et al., 2012, tab. 1, Tortuga. - Poupin & Lemaitre, 2014: 20, tab. 2, Virgin Islands, St Martin, Guadeloupe, Barbados, Tobago (not ICA, but Jost Van Dyke), Cubagua, Margarita, La Blanquilla, Tortuga, Bonaire, Curaçao [Guadeloupe from Karubenthos 2012, 1 sp. about 3.8x4.1 mm, MNHN-IU-2013-7157, st. GM07, 1 m, lot JL389; 1 sp. 3.8x4.1 mm, MNHN-IU-2013-7158, st. GM08, 1 m, lot JL401; 1 M 3.0x2.8 mm, MNHN-IU-2013-5291, st. GM17, 1 m, lot JL792b]. - Lira et al., 2017b: 26, Los Roques. - Questel, 2019: 5, St Barthélemy.
Pisosoma jugosum - Haig, 1956 : 16, Tobago, Tortuga, Cubagua, Curaçao [coll. R/V Velero III, 1939]. - Rodríguez, 1980: 215, Cubagua, Tortuga, Curaçao, Bonaire.
Petrolisthes jugosus - Saint Martin, RNN Inventory 2012 [from MNHN/SPN/TAXREF, no UF].

Comment(s) on data
In Poupin & Lemaitre (2004), Tobago, Bristish Virgin Islands, near Jost Van Dyke Island, has been confused with Tobago, ICA, near Trinidad. Rodriguez et al. (2005) indicate also Tobago from literature, may be also Tobago in Virgin Islands?

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