Decapoda - Brachyura - Carupinae - Laleonectes
| Laleonectes vocans (A. Milne-Edwards, 1878) |
World Distribution
Felder et al. (2009) - Western Atlantic. 6-309 m, GMx–Antil, Brazil, E Atl, As I
Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Soft bottom (mud or sand)
Vertical range : Shallow to deep-waters (e.g. 10-190 m) - Min-Max observed: 6-309 m
Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: WA-EA. Gulf of Mexico, Antilles, Brazil, Ascencion Island, eastern Atlantic. Lesser Antilles, ICA (Guadeloupe, Barbados), IOV (Los Roques). 6-309 m.
Portunus (Portunus) vocans - Collins & Morris, 1976: 124, Barbados [Fossil remains].
Portunus vocans - Grajal & Laughlin, 1984: 227, Los Roques.
Laleonectes vocans - Poupin & Corbari, 2016: in press, Guadeloupe , Karubenthos 2012, det. E. Macpherson & C. Carmona-Suarez, Besse 2013, as Portunus vocans), st. GR40, 21 May 2012, 15°54'N, 61°39.3'W, 53 m, MNHN-IU-2013-5184 (JL1237-Photo) - Guadeloupe (first record for Lesser Antilles), Karubenthos II 2015, field det. J. Poupin [Check presence of a stridulating ridge on specimen], st. DW4547, 14 June 2015, 16°31.76'N, 61°33.03'W, 380-358 m, MNHN-IU-2013-18958. - Luque et al., 2017: 55, Barbados [Fossil remains].
Comment: this species has been collected during Karubenthos 2012 and 2015. This is a first record for the Lesser Antilles. The present determination is based on the shape of the carapace. Presence of a stridulating ridge, a characteristic of L. vocans, must be checked on the specimen.
Laleonectes vocans — Parasram et al., 2023 (Zootaxa): 37, Barbados
References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)This species in Worms Database