Decapoda - Brachyura - Mithracidae - Pitho

Pitho laevigata (A. Milne-Edwards, 1875)

3 Illustration(s)

World Distribution
Felder et al. (2009) - Western Atlantic, 1-11 m,Fla, Antil, Col - Guadeloupe.

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

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 1-11 m

Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: ICA (Guadeloupe, Trinidad), IOV (Margarita, Cubagua, Tortuga). 1-11 m. WA.
Othonia laevigata A. Milne-Edwards, 1875 (1873-1880): 116, pl. 24, fig. 2, Antilles [un exemplaire fort incomplet … provenant des Antilles].
Pitho laevigata - Rathbun, 1925: 372, pl. 132, fig. 3-4, pl. 133, fig. 3, pl. 250, fig. 11-13 (Trinidad). - Rodríguez, 1980: 276 (Trinidad, in distribution). - Lira, 2004: tab. 1, Tortuga. - Hernández et al, 1999: tab. 2, Margarita [Laguna de Las Marites]. - Marcano & Bolaños, 2001 : 74, Cubagua. - Hernández-Ávila et al., 2007: tab. 1, Cubagua. - Carmona-Suárez & Poupin, 2016: 376, Guadeloupe, Karubenthos 2012, 1 male MNHN-IU-2013-4416 (lot JL1499-4), st. GB36, 16 m; 1 male MNHN-IU-2013-4760 (lot JL1086, with hesitation, see comment), st. GM06, 1 m.
Comment: Determination with doubt for Guadeloupe specimen (MNHN-4760) because lateral teeth 4-5 are reduced instead of almost as long as lateral teeth 1-3 in typical form (cf. Rathbun, 1925, pl. 132, fig. 3); this specimen perhaps P. lherminieri instead.

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