Decapoda - Brachyura - Epialtidae - Acanthonyx

Acanthonyx petiverii H. Milne Edwards, 1834



World Distribution
Felder et al. (2009, Checklist) - Fla, GMx, Bah, Antil–Col, E Pac.

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Associated with algae

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 1-29 m

Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: VGI (St Thomas, St John, St Croix), Lesser Antilles, ICA (St Martin, Guadeloupe, Martinique), IOV (Margarita, Los Roques, Cubagua, Bonaire, Curaçao). 1-29 m. WA-EP.
Acanthonyx petiverii - H. Milne Edwards, 1834-1840: 343, Habite les Antilles. - Desbonne, in Desbonne & Schramm, 1867: 4, Guadeloupe [sur les rochers couverts d'algues]. - A. Milne-Edwards, 1873-1880: 143, pl. 27, fig. 7, Guadeloupe, Martinique. - Rathbun, 1920a: 27, Klein Bonaire, Curaçao [coll. J. Boeke]. - Rathbun, 1924: 19, Curaçao [coll. C.J. van der Horst, 1920]. - Rathbun, 1925: 142, pl. 222, fig. 1-6, St Thomas, St John, St Croix, Bonaire, Curaçao. - Rathbun, 1936: 380, Bonaire, Curaçao [coll. P. Hummelinck, 1930]. - Monod, 1939: 566, Guadeloupe [entre Anse Dupuis et Vieux Fort, 25/02/1936]. - Chace, 1956: 159, Los Roques. - Rodríguez, 1980: 278, Margarita. - Marcano & Bolaños, 2001: 74, Cubagua. - Tagliafico et al., 2005: tab. 1, Margarita (Los Frailes). - Hernández-Ávila et al., 2007: appendix, Cubagua [From literature]. - Carmona-Suárez & Poupin, 2016: 355, St Martin, Guadeloupe, Karubenthos 2012, det. Carmona-Suárez 2014 (as 'Coryrhynchus petiverii'), st. GM07, 1 m JL351 (photo), 1 male MNHN-IU-2013-5911.
Acanthonyx petiverii - Saint Martin, RNN Inventory 11/4/2012, UF31933, photo dSTM_1284.

Acanthonyx petiverii — Parasram et al., 2023 (Zootaxa): 16, Barbados, Bathsheba, St. Andrew, nearshore rock platform, 13°02’01.64”N, 59°52’59.50”W, 1 M CW: 0.4 mm, BLSZ 258.

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

This species in Worms Database