Decapoda - Brachyura - Xanthidae - Paractaea
| Paractaea nodosa (Stimpson, 1860) |
World Distribution
Felder et al. (2009, Checklist, under Paractaea rufopunctata) - Western Atlantic - 1-220 m, NCar–GMx, Antil–Brazil, Urg. - Odhner (1925), Rathbun (1930), this work - Lesser Antilles, Virgin Islands (St Thomas, Tortola), ICA (St Barthélemy, St Martin, Guadeloupe, Barbados), IOV (Curaçao).
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: WA. North Carolina to Gulf of Mexico, Antilles to Brazil, Uruguay. Lesser Antilles, VGI (St Thomas, St Croix, St John, Norman, Tortola), ICA (St Barthélemy, St Martin, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Barbados), IOV (Blanquilla, Tortuga, Bonaire, Curaçao, Aruba). 1-220 m.
Actaea nodosa - Desbonne, in Desbonne & Schramm, 1867: 25, Guadeloupe. - A. Milne-Edwards, 1880a: 11, St Croix, St John, Norman (Flanagan Passage), Barbados [R/V Blake, 27-115 brasses]. - A. Milne-Edwards, 1873-1881: 245, Antilles.
Actaea rufopunctata nodosa - A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1923: 316, St Croix, St John, Norman (Flanagan Passage), Barbados [R/V Blake, st. 132, Santa Cruz, 115 brasses; st. 142, Flanagan Passage, 27 brasses; st. 276, Barbades, 94 brasses]. - Rathbun, 1921: 71, Barbados [Barbados-Antigua Expedition 1918]. - Rathbun, 1924: 15, Curaçao [coll. C.J. van der Horst, 1920]. - Rathbun, 1936: 384, Aruba, Bonaire [coll. P. Hummelinck, 1930]. - Collins & Morris, 1976: 125, Barbados [Fossil remains].
Actaea rufopunctata - Odhner, 1925: 60, Tortola, St Barthélemy, Guadeloupe.
Paractaea rufopunctata nodosa - Rathbun, 1930: 257, St Thomas, St Croix, Barbados, Curaçao [Synonymy, Distribution, Key; R/V Blake]. - Rathbun, 1933: 56, St Thomas, St Croix. - Scelzo & Varela, 1988: 37, Blanquilla. - Lira, 2004: tab. 1, Tortuga.
Paractaea nodosa - Poupin & Corbari, 2016: in press - Saint Martin, RNN Inventory 17/04/2012, UF32228, photo dSTM_5876; 22/04/2016, UF32401, photo dSTM_7061; 26/04/2012, UF32555, photo dSTM_4306. - Guadeloupe - Karubenthos 2012 (12-95 m), det. J. Poupin October 2013, 1 juv. 3.4 x 4.8 mm, st. GB03, 05 May 2012, 16°21.72'N, 61°36.35'W, 22 m (MNHN-IU-2013-16160, lot JL332); 1 male 11.0 x 15.8 mm, st. GB20, 18 May 2012, 16°26.78'N, 61°32.41'W, 16 m (MNHN-IU-2013-16161, lot JL1079); 1 male, st. GB22, 19 May 2012, 16°30.57'N, 61°28.45'W, 12 m (MNHN-IU-2013-16162, lot JL1115d); 1 juv., st. GD55, 24 May 2012, 16°22.48'N, 61°35.46'W, 85 m (MNHN-IU-2013-16163, lot JL1330b); 1 female 13.1 x 18.3 mm, 1 male, st. GD58, 25 May 2012, 16°22.68'N, 61°34.95'W, 95 m (MNHN-IU-2013-14405, lot JL1393, lot JL1431a); 1 juv., st. GD59, 25 May 2012, 16°22.55'N, 61°35.38'W, 88 m (MNHN-IU-2013-16167, lot JL1377c); 2 MM, 1 female 3.9 x 5.6 mm, st. GD69, 28 May 2012, 16°15.97'N, 61°10.18'W, 60 m (MNHN-IU-2013-16159, lot JL1522); 1 juv. 3.3 x 4.7 mm, st. GM07, 07-08 May 2012, 16°10.45'N, 61°46.78'W, 1 m (MNHN-IU-2013-16164, lot JL358); 1 ov. Female 5.8 x 8.4 mm, 1 ov. Female 5.8 x 8.4 mm, st. GR11, 07 May 2012, 16°11.2'N, 61°47'W, 13 m (MNHN-IU-2013-16158, lot JL381, lot JL381); 1 female ov.5.4 x 7.6 mm, st. GR14, 09 May 2012, 16°03.25'N, 61°46.17'W, 27 m (MNHN-IU-2013-16157, lot JL516); 1 juv., st. GS13, 11 May 2012, 16°02.4'N, 61°45.6'W, 50 m (MNHN-IU-2013-16168) - Guadeloupe, Karubenthos II 2015, field det. J. Poupin, st. DW4535, 12 June 2015, 16°39.34'N, 61°31.85'W, 75-88 m, MNHN-IU-2013-18864; st. DW4545, 14 June 2015, 16°30.17'N, 61°31.41'W, 82-60 m, MNHN-IU-2013-18943. - Luque et al., 2017: 55, Barbados [Fossil remains].
Paractaea nodosa - Martinique, groupe BIOSPHERES, November 2015, coll. R. Ferry & Y. Buske, det. J. Poupin.
Comment: this is a common shallow waters species also collected during Karubenthos 2012 and 2015 between 12-95 m. It is sometimes (e.g. Felder et al., 2009) considered as subspecies of Paractaea rufopunctata (H. Milne Edwards, 1834) a species from the Indo-West Pacific. It is treated herein as a species, following Alves et al. (2012b). Several specimens of this species have been also recognized in 2012 at St Martin during a fieldwork organized there by the Réserve National Naturelle (specimens in FLMNH, UF 32228, 32555, 32401, com. pers. G. Paulay). - Questel, 2019: 24, St Barthélemy (from litt.).
Paractaea nodosa — Parasram et al., 2023 (Zootaxa): 39, Barbados
French Guiana and surroundings areas: Guiana, Suriname, Brazil (Amapà)
Actaea rufopunctata nodosa – Bullis & Thompson, 1965: 11, Brazil Amapá [R/V Oregon, st. 2088, 1°10’ N, 46°52’ W, 30 fathoms, 55 m]. — Fausto Filho & Sampaio Neto, 1976: 69, Brazil Amapá.
Paractaea rufopunctata nodosa – Coelho Filho & Coelho, 1996: 190, Brazil Amapá. — Melo, 1996: 376, Brazil Amapá. — Melo, 1998: 485, Brazil Amapá. — Silva et al., 1998: 95, Brazil Amapá [69 m].
Paractaea nodosa – Coelho et al., 2008: 35, Brazil Amapá [List]. — Alves et al., 2012b: 945, Brazil Amapá [Distribution from Melo, 1998]. — Cintra et al., 2017: tab. 1-6, Brazil Amapá [bycatch of shrimp fisheries, 0-4°N, 27-47 m]. — Tavares & Mendonça 2022: 72, Brazil Amapá [Distribution].
Paractaea rufopunctata (H. Milne Edwards, 1834) – Mantellato et al., 2022: 79, Brazil Amapá [In distribution, with this remark: The taxonomy of this species is unclear and should be clarified. Most of the previous records in Brazil were made as P. rufopunctata nodosa (see Coelho et al. 2008) and we speculate that distribution also needs elucidation]. Corrected herein to P. nodosa, based on the geography (WA versus IWP).
Distribution/Habitat – WA; Marine (sea grass flats); 0–220 m.
Remark – Paractaea nodosa is sometimes (e.g. Felder et al., 2009) considered as subspecies of Paractaea rufopunctata (H. Milne Edwards, 1834) which is basically an IWP species.
Comment(s) on data
Paractaea nodosa treated as a subspecies of P. rufopunctata in Felder et al. (2009) while other authors (e.g. Coehlo et al., 2008, Checklist) treat it as a species. In Eastern Pacific, P. nodosa is 'replaced' by P. sulcata ('analogous' species in Ratbhun, 1930; see Clipperton specimen in this database).
References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)This species in Worms Database