Decapoda - Brachyura - Leucosiidae - Iliacantha

Iliacantha sparsa Stimpson, 1871

7 Illustration(s)

World Distribution
Felder et al. (2009) - Western Atlantic - 20-80 m. S Fla, GMx, Antil, Col, Brazil. 3-95 m from Guadeloupe, Karubenthos 2012.

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

Vertical range : Shallow to deep-waters (e.g. 10-190 m) - Min-Max observed: 3-95 m

Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: ICA (Guadeloupe, ?Martinique, Barbados). 20-80 m, updated to 3-95 m (Guadeloupe, Karubenthos 2012). WA.
Iliacantha sparsa - Rathbun, 1937: 190, Barbados.
Persephona sp. - Paulmier, 1996: 27, pl. 33, fig. 1, Martinique - Not Persephona sp. perhaps I. sparsa [tentative det. J. Poupin from photo pl. 33, fig. 1 in Paulmier 1996]
Iliacantha sparsa - Guadeloupe, Karubenthos 2012 (3-95 m), det. E. Macpherson, Besse 2013, MNHN-IU-2013-4751, st. GD05, 80 m; MNHN-IU-2013-4722, st. GD15, 50 m, JL584; MNHN-IU-2013-4747, st. GD20, 35 m, JL707; MNHN-IU-2013-4714, st. GD23, 80 m, JL752; MNHN-IU-2013-4720, JL929, MNHN-IU-2013-5066, st. GD31, 85 m, JL929; MNHN-IU-2013-4912, JL965, MNHN-IU-2013-4598, st. GD34, 80 m; MNHN-IU-2013-4620, JL979, MNHN-IU-2013-5067, st. GD35, 66 m, JL979; MNHN-IU-2013-5208, st. GD37, 60 m; MNHN-IU-2013-4717, st. GD55, 85 m; MNHN-IU-2013-4713, st. GD58, 95 m, JL1385; MNHN-IU-2013-4725, st. GD59, 88 m; MNHN-IU-2013-4562, st. GD60, 95 m, JL1436; MNHN-IU-2013-4949, st. GD71, 3 m; MNHN-IU-2013-4746, st. GN15, 35 m, JL530.

French Guiana and surroundings areas: Guiana, Suriname, Brazil (Amapà)
Iliacantha sparsa – Cintra et al., 2017: tab. 1-6, Brazil Amapá [bycatch of shrimp fisheries, 0–4°N, 27–47 m].
Distribution/Habitat – WA; Marine; 3–95 m.

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