Decapoda - Brachyura - Pseudorhombilidae - Micropanope
| Micropanope lobifrons A. Milne-Edwards, 1881 |
World Distribution
Felder et al. (2009, Checklist) - Western Atlantic, 37-331 m. E Fla–GMx, Antil, Carib–Pan. Lesser Antilles: ICA (Montserrat, Guadeloupe, Barbados, Grenada).
Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Hard bottom (rock and rubbles)
Vertical range : Shallow to deep-waters (e.g. 10-190 m) - Min-Max observed: 4-331 m
Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: WA. Eastern Florida to Gulf of Mexico, Antilles, Caribbean Sea to Panama. Lesser Antilles, VGI (St Thomas, St Croix), ICA (Montserrat, Guadeloupe, Barbados, Grenada). 4-331 m (?to 660 m).
Micropanope lobifrons A. Milne-Edwards, 1880: 327, pl. 53, fig. 3, Monterrat [R/V Blake, 88 brasses]. - A. Milne-Edwards, 1880a: 14, Grenada, Barbados [R/V Blake, st. 247, 170 brasses, st. 276, 94 brasses]. - A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1923: 325, Montserrat, Barbados, Grenada [R/V Blake, st. 156, Montserrat, 88 brasses; st. 247, Grenade, 170 brasses; st. 276, Barbades, 94 brasses]. - Rathbun, 1921: 70, Barbados [Barbados-Antigua Expedition 1918]. - Rathbun, 1930: 429, pl. 178, fig. 4-6, St Thomas, St Croix, Montserrat, Grenada, Barbados. - Rathbun, 1933: 66, St Thomas, St Croix. - Guinot, 1967: 349, Montserrat [syntype, Montserrat, pleopod male fig. 5a-b].
Micropanope lobifrons - Poupin & Corbari, 2016: in press, Guadeloupe (first record), Karubenthos 2012, 4-95 m, det. J. Poupin October 2013 - 1 female 4.6 x 6.4 mm, st. GB32, 26 May 2012, 16°10.54'N, 61°06.51'W, 4 m (MNHN-IU-2013-16154, lot JL908, photo); 2 females (one with Sacculina), st. GD05, 05 May 2012, 16°22.61'N, 61°36.33'W, 80 m (MNHN-IU-2013-16152); 1 male, 1 female ov., 1 female, st. GD05, 05 May 2012, 16°22.61'N, 61°36.33'W, 80 m (MNHN-IU-2013-16143); 1 male, st. GD31, 16 May 2012, 16°24.97'N, 61°32.8'W, 85 m (MNHN-IU-2013-16144/JL892a); 1 sp, st. GD36, 18 May 2012, 16°22.87'N, 61°33.05'W, 65 m (MNHN-IU-2013-16150, JL1034); 3 male (pleopods checked), 3 female, st. GD58, 25 May 2012, 16°22.68'N, 61°34.95'W, 95 m (MNHN-IU-2013-16142); 2 males, 9 females, st. GD58, 25 May 2012, 16°22.68'N, 61°34.95'W, 95 m (MNHN-IU-2013-16141, lot JL1431b); 5 male (photo 1 male 4.4 x 5.9 mm), 1 female ov. 3.0 x 3.8 mm, 28 females, st. GD59, 25 May 2012, 16°22.55'N, 61°35.38'W, 88 m (MNHN-IU-2013-14404, lot JL1377a); 2 males, 1 female (with Sacculina), st. GD69, 28 May 2012, 16°15.97'N, 61°10.18'W, 60 m (MNHN-IU-2013-16145); 1 male, st. GR10, 07 May 2012, 16°08.43'N, 61°46.92'W, 29 m (MNHN-IU-2013-16153); 1 female with Sacculina (with ?), st. GS07, 07 May 2012, 16°08.43'N, 61°46.92'W, 12 m (MNHN-IU-2013-16151); 2 juv. (with ?), st. GS10, 09 May 2012, 16°03.25'N, 61°46.17'W, 23 m (MNHN-IU-2013-16149); 1 female, st. GS18, 15 May 2012, 16°23.74'N, 61°32.07'W, 49 m (MNHN-IU-2013-16148). - Micropanope aff. Lobifrons - Guadeloupe, Karubenthos II 2015, field det. J. Poupin, st. DW4511, 8 June 2015, 16°13.9'N, 61°51.5'W, 660-630 m, MNHN-IU-2013-18890.
Comment: this crab cannot be determined with the photograph only. It shows some ressemblance with Micropanope lata (Faxon, 1893), from the eastern Pacific and Micropanope lobifrons A. Milne-Edwards, 1881, a species collected in several stations around Guadeloupe during Karubenthos 2012, between 4-95 m. It is distinct from the later by a front more straight and the anterolateral spines less acute, without reduced indentation behind 3th spine. The deep of collection (630/660 m) is also not in the range of M. lobifrons (4-331 m). Related species in Nanocassiope are also be possible.
Comment(s) on data
Micropanope lata (Faxon, 1893) de la baie de Panama (EP), 156 m ressemble aussi au sp. de Karubenthos II, mieux que M. latifrons.
References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)This species in Worms Database