Decapoda - Brachyura - Pilumnidae - Pilumnus

Pilumnus gemmatus Stimpson, 1860



World Distribution
Felder et al. (2009, Checklist) - Western Atlantic, 1-42 m - Fla Keys, Yuc, Antil–Curaç.

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

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 1-42 m

Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: VGI (St Thomas), ICA (St Martin, Guadeloupe, Martinique), IOV (Cubagua, Tortuga, Curaçao). 1-42 m. WA.
Pilumnus gemmatus Stimpson, 1860: 214, St Thomas [coll. A.H. Riise]. - A. Milne-Edwards, 1873-1880: 290, pl. 51, fig. 4, St Thomas. - Nobili, 1898: 2, St Thomas [coll. Duchassaing]. - Rathbun, 1924: 16, Curaçao [coll. C.J. van der Horst, 1920]. - Rathbun, 1930: 513, St Thomas, Curaçao. - Rathbun, 1933: 72, St Thomas, Curaçao. - Rodríguez, 1980: 368 (Curaçao, from Rathbun, 1930). - Lira, 2004: tab. 1, Tortuga. - Hernández-Ávila et al., 2007: tab. 1, Cubagua.
Pilumnus gemmatus - Saint Martin, RNN Inventory 10/04/2012, UF31889, photo dSTM_0706; 22/04/2012, UF32447, photo dSTM_6929 - Guadeloupe, Karubenthos 2012, det. J. Poupin October 2013, 1 female ov. 8.9x11.5 mm MNHN-IU-2013-14558, st GB12, 14 m, JL774 (photo field, labo) - Martinique, groupe BIOSPHERES, November 2015, coll. R. Ferry & Y. Buske., det. J. Poupin November 2015.

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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