Decapoda - Brachyura - Xanthidae - Paraliomera

Paraliomera longimana (A. Milne-Edwards, 1865)



World Distribution
Felder et al. (2009, Checklist) - Western Atlantic,1-154 m. Ber, Fla Keys, GMx, Antil–Col. Rathbun (1930: 243) - Virgin Isalnds (St Thomas), Lesser Antilles: ICA (Barbados, Guadeloupe), 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: 1-154 m

Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: VGI (St Thomas), ICA (St Martin, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Barbados), IOV (Tortuga, Los Roques, Bonaire, Curaçao, Aruba). 1-154 m. WA.
Liomera longimana A. Milne-Edwards, 1865: 221, pl. 12, fig. 7, 7a, 7b, Guadeloupe. - Nobili, 1898: 2, St Thomas [coll. Duchassaing].
Cancer nigerrimus Desbonne in Desbonne & Schramm, 1867: 25, Guadeloupe [dans les rochers madréporiques des côtes] - Accepted as Paraliomera longimana (A. Milne-Edwards, 1865) in WoRMS (2016).
Liomera longimana - A. Milne-Edwards, 1873-1881: 240, pl. 46, fig. 1, St Thomas, Guadeloupe. - Rathbun, 1921: 68, Barbados [Barbados-Antigua Expedition 1918]. - Rathbun, 1924: 14, Curaçao [coll. C.J. van der Horst, 1920].
Paraliomera longimana - Rathbun, 1930: 243, pl. 101, fig. 1-3, St Thomas, Guadeloupe, Barbados, Curaçao [type locality Guadeloupe]. - Rathbun, 1933: 53, St Thomas, Guadeloupe, Barbados, Curaçao. - Rathbun, 1936: 383, Bonaire, Klein Bonaire, Aruba [coll. P. Hummelinck, 1930]. - Chace, 1956: 155, Los Roques. - Rodríguez, 1980: 352, Tortuga, Los Roques. - Grajal & Laughlin, 1984: 226, Los Roques. - Lira, 2004: tab. 1, Tortuga [Also from literature].
Paraliomera longimana - Saint Martin, RNN Inventory 20/04/2012, UF32353, photo dSTM_6457 - Guadeloupe, Karubenthos 2012, det. J. Poupin October 2013, st. GB09 (6 m), 1 female 5.7 x 9.4 mm, JL577, MNHN-IU-2013-16280, 1 male 5.7 x 9.2 mm, JL578 (photo field, labo), 1 male juv. 2.7 x 4.3 mm (photo labo), MNHN-IU-2013-16279. - Martinique, Photo in situ Y. Buske, det. from photo J. Poupin.

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