Decapoda - Brachyura - Mithracidae - Pitho

Pitho lherminieri (Desbonne, in Desbonne & Schramm, 1867)

5 Illustration(s)

World Distribution
Felder et al. (2009) - Western Atlantic, 1-220 m, NCar–GMx, Bah, Antil, Col, Brazil.

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Hard bottom (rock and rubbles)

Vertical range : Shallow to deep-waters (e.g. 10-190 m) - Min-Max observed: 1-220 m

Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: VGI (St Thomas, St Croix), ICA (St Barthélemy, Guadeloupe, Martinique), IOV (Margarita, Cubagua, Tortuga, Los Roques, Bonaire, Curaçao).
Othonia lherminieri Desbonne, in Desbonne & Schramm, 1867: 20, Guadeloupe [Habite les côtes de la Guadeloupe dans les creux des cayes]. - A. Milne-Edwards, 1873-1880: 116, pl. 24, fig. 5, St Thomas, Guadeloupe.
Pitho lherminieri - Rathbun, 1920a: 30, Curaçao [coll. J. Boeke]. - Rathbun, 1925: 362, pl. 128, fig. 1-2, pl. 129, fig. 1-2, pl. 252, fig. 2, St Thomas, St Croix, Guadeloupe, Martinique. - Rathbun, 1936: 381, Bonaire [coll. P. Hummelinck, 1930]. - Monod, 1939: 566, Guadeloupe [entre Basse-Terre et Rivière des Pères, 15-20 m, 11/02/1936]. - Chace, 1956: 160, Los Roques. - Rodríguez, 1980: 275, Los Roques, Margarita. - Hernández et al, 1999: tab. 2, Margarita (Laguna de Las Marites). - Marcano & Bolaños, 2001 : 74, Cubagua. - Lira, 2004: tab. 1, Tortuga. - Hernández-Ávila et al., 2007: tab. 1, Cubagua. - Carmona-Suárez & Poupin, 2016: 376, Guadeloupe, Karubenthos 2012, 1 male MNHN-IU-2013-4185, st. GB01, 6 m; 1 male, MNHN-IU-2013-6733 (lot JL1067-1), st. GB20, 16 m; 2 males, 1 female, 1 ov. Females MNHN-IU-2013-5953 (lot JL424), st. GD08, 35 m; 3 males, 2 females juv. MNHN-IU-2013-5966, st. GD29, 4 m; 1 male MNHN-IU-2013-5058 (lot JL1128-4), st. GD41, 2 m; 1 female juv. MNHN-IU-2013-13088 (lot JL1287-4), st. GD51, 15 m; 1 male, 1 female, 1 ov. Females MNHN-IU-2013-14650 (lot JL55-2), 1 female MNHN-IU-2013-5921 (lot JL54), st. GR01, 3 m; 1 male, 2 females MNHN-IU-2013-6805 (lot JL1166), st. GR38, 5 m; 1 male MNHN-IU-2013-4536 (lot JL1400-5), st. GR50, 4 m; 6 males MNHN-IU-2013-4956 (lot JL5b), st. GS01, 3 m. - Questel, 2019: 19, St Barthélemy.

Pitho lherminieri — Parasram et al., 2023 (Zootaxa): 29, Barbados

Comment(s) on data
P. lherminieri 5 lateral teeth, 2-3 fused at base, P. mirabilis, 5 lateral teeth, 2-3 not fused at base.

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