Decapoda - Anomura - Diogenidae - Clibanarius

Clibanarius sclopetarius (Herbst, 1796)

9 Illustration(s)

World Distribution
Felder et al. (2009) - 0-Shallow Western Atlantic - E Fla–S GMx, Antil, Carib–Brazil.
(Sasaki 2022) to 21 m.

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

Vertical range : Intertidal - Min-Max observed: 0-21 m

Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: VGI (St Thomas, St John), ICA (St Martin, St Barthélemy, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Trinidad), IOV (Margarita, Bonaire, Curaçao). 0-1 m. WA.
Pagurus tuberculosus - H. Milne Edwards, 1837: 229, Habite les Antilles. - Doflein, 1899: 178, Martinique. - Pagurus tuberculosus H. Milne Edwards, 1836 accepted as Clibanarius sclopetarius (Herbst, 1796) in WoRMS (2016).
Clibanarius sclopetarius - Stimpson, 1859: 85, Trinidad. - Nobili, 1898: 2, St Thomas [coll. Duchassaing]. - Questel, 2019: 8, St Barthélemy.
Clibanarius cubensis - Schmitt, 1936: 376, Bonaire [coll. P. Hummelinck, 1930]. - Provenzano, 1961: 152, St John [coll. US national park, 1958-1961]. - Hazlett, 1966: 41, Curaçao. - Lira, 1997, tab. 3, Margarita. - Hernández et al, 1999: tab. 1, Margarita [Laguna de Las Marites] - Clibanarius cubensis (de Saussure, 1858) accepted as Clibanarius sclopetarius (Herbst, 1796) (WoRMS, 2016).
Clibanarius sclopetarius - Guadeloupe - Karubenthos 2012, det R. Lemaitre, Besse 2013; st. GM05, 1 m, JL 211, MNHN-IU-2013-6740, photo, 1 sp. - JL 234, MNHN-IU-2013-6762, photo, 1 sp. - JL 210, MNHN-IU-2013-6841, photo, 1 sp.; st. GM15, 1 m, JL 726, MNHN-IU-2013-6639.
Clibanarius sclopetarius - Martinique - photo in situ Y. Buske, October 2015, det. J. Poupin February 2016.
Clibanarius sclopetarius - Saint Martin, RNN Inventory 2012, 15/04/2012, UF32122, photo Dstm_5454; 16/04/2012, UF32163, photo Dstm_2768, UF32162, photo Dstm_2773.

French Guiana and surroundings areas: Guiana, Suriname, Brazil (Amapà)
Clibanarius carnescens Miers, 1878: 658, Cayenne, French Guiana. Clibanarius carnescens Miers, 1878 accepted as Clibanarius sclopetarius (Herbst, 1796) in WoRMS (2023).
Distribution/Habitat – WA; Marine; 0–21 m (mostly intertidal).
Remark – This unique record (by implication) should be confirmed as the WA distribution of this hermit crab could have a hiatus in the French Guiana region, as for others intertidal Clibanarius (e.g. C. antillensis, C. tricolor).

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This species in Worms Database