Decapoda - Brachyura - Parthenopidae - Heterocrypta

Heterocrypta granulata (Gibbes, 1850)

4 Illustration(s)

World Distribution
Felder et al. (2009) - Western Altantic - 4-137 m. Mass–GMx, Antil, Col, Brazil - Virgin Island (St Thomas), Lesser Antilles, ICA (Guadeloupe).

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

Vertical range : Shallow to deep-waters (e.g. 10-190 m) - Min-Max observed: 4-137 m

Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: VGI (St Thomas), ICA (Guadeloupe). 4-137 m. WA
Cryptopodia granulata Gibbes - Stimpson, 1860: 202, St Thomas [coll. A.H. Riise].
Heterocrypta granulata - A. Milne-Edwards, 1873-1880: 166, pl. 29, fig. 4, St Thomas. - Rathbun, 1925: 555, pl. 203, fig. 1-2, pl. 282, fig. 1-3, St Thomas [from A. Milne-Edwards]. - Gore & Scotto, 1979: 19, St Thomas.
Heterocrypta granulata - Guadeloupe, Karubenthos 2012 (3-80 m), det. Macpherson, Besse 2013; 1 sp. MNHN-IU-2013-4807, st. GD16, 10 m; 1 sp. MNHN-IU-2013-4871, st. GD45, 2 m, JL1208, photo; 1 sp. MNHN-IU-2013-4810, st. GD49, 3 m; 1 sp. MNHN-IU-2013-4797, st. GD50, 22 m; 1 sp. MNHN-IU-2013-4898, st. GD52, 6 m; 1 sp. MNHN-IU-2013-4950, st. GD53, 4 m; 1 sp. MNHN-IU-2013-4884, st. GD57, 6 m, JL1356, photo; 1 sp. MNHN-IU-2013-4933, st. GD61, 80 m; 1 sp. MNHN-IU-2013-4825, st. GM26, 1 m, JL1209, photo; 1 sp. MNHN-IU-2013-4799, st. GS10, 23 m.

Comment(s) on data
Obviously recorded by error in MNHN as H. granulata because photo presented does not match that species : 1 sp. MNHN-IU-2013-4800, st. GD08, 35 m, JL430 ; 1 sp. MNHN-IU-2013-4814, st. GN15, 35 m, JL495, Photo

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