Decapoda - Brachyura - Panopeidae - Eurytium

Eurytium limosum (Say, 1818)

2 Illustration(s)

World Distribution
Felder et al. (2009) - Western Atlantic - 0-3 m. Ber, NY–GMx, Antil, Carib–Brazil.
(Sasaki, 2019) - WA, New York to Estado de São Paulo, Brazil; Bermudas; Upper Suriname River

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

Vertical range : Intertidal - Min-Max observed: 0-3 m

Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: VGI (St Thomas, St Croix), ICA (Guadeloupe, Martinique), IOV (Margarita, Cubagua, Blanquilla, Los Roques, Curaçao). 0-3 m. WA.
Eurytium limosum - A. Milne-Edwards, 1873-1880: 332, pl. 60, fig. 2, 'Antilles'. - Rathbun, 1930: 423, pl. 176, fig. 1-2, Curaçao. - Chace, 1956: 156, Los Roques. - Chace & Hobbs, 1969: 153, St Thomas, St Croix, Los Roques, Curaçao. - Rodríguez, 1980: 362, Margarita, Los Roques, Curaçao. - Scelzo & Varela, 1988: 36, Blanquilla. - Carré, 2005: 23, Martinique. - Hernández-Ávila et al., 2007: tab. 1, Cubagua. - Vaslet et al., 2013: 245, annex 3, Guadeloupe [from Bourgeois-Lebel 1982, not seen].
Eurytium limosum - Guadeloupe, Karubenthos 2012, det. J. Poupin October 2013, st. GM05, 1 m, lot JL182, 2 carapaces only, largest 21.5 x 33.4 mm, MNHN-IU-2013-14548 (det. with Chace & Hobbs, 1969, fig. 45, p. 153).

French Guiana and surroundings areas: Guiana, Suriname, Brazil (Amapà)
Eurytium limosum – Holthuis, 1959a: 208, Suriname, Guyana [also Bristish Guiana in distribution].
Distribution/Habitat – WA; Marine (Intertidal); 0–3 m.
Remark – Not Eurytium limosum in Corbari et al., 2015: 165–167, unnumbered tab., French Guiaana; more probably a Panopeidae such as ?Panoplax depressa Stimpson, 1871 (see under Panoplax depressa).

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