Decapoda - Brachyura - Leucosiidae - Persephona
| Persephona punctata (Linnaeus, 1758) |
World Distribution
Braga et al., 2005 (Biota Neotropica: 3, plus online version) - Occidental Atlantic The West Indies, Colombia, Venezuela, Guianas and Brazil (Amapá to Rio Grande do Sul ). Also, Lesser Antilles (Guadeloupe). - Rathbun (1937) - West Indies (Jamaica, Puerto Rico) to Brazil.
Magalhães et al., 2016 -Western Atlantic: Caribbean Sea, Antilles, Colombia, Venezuela, Guianas, Suriname, and Brazil (from Amapá to Rio Grande do Sul). 7-73 m in Taissoun (1986-1988).
Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Soft bottom (mud or sand)
Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 7-73 m
Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: ICA (Guadeloupe, Trinidad), IOV (Margarita, Tortuga). 7-73 m. WA.
Guaia punctata - H. Milne Edwards, 1837: 127, Habite les Antilles [in part only in Magalhães et al. (2016)]. - Desbonne, in Desbonne & Schramm, 1867: 53, Guadeloupe [MNHN dry collection, n°165-167 (mâles), 168 (femelle), 169 (carapace)].
Persephona cf. punctata punctata - Collins & Morris, 1976: 116, Trinidad [Fossil remains].
Persephona punctata - Taissoun, 1986-1988: 130, Margarita, Tortuga [Depth 4-40 brazas/fathoms, 7-73 m]. - Luque et al., 2017: 70, Trinidad [Fossil remains].
Comment: A color photograph of this species is in Magalhães et al. (2016, fig. 5c) with full synonymy and geographic distribution.
French Guiana and surroundings areas: Guiana, Suriname, Brazil (Amapà)
Persephona punctata – Durand, 1959: 32, French Guiana [R/V ORSOM II; det. Guinot-Dumortier]. — Guinot-Dumortier, 1959a: 428, French Guiana [23–30 m]. — Holthuis, 1959a: 183, Suriname [9–27 m]. — Bullis & Thompson, 1965: 10, Guyana, Suriname [R/V Oregon, st. 2272, 6°30' N, 17 fathoms, 31 m; st. 2339, 7°12' N, 17 fathoms, 31 m]. — Coelho, 1971, table 1: Brazil Amapá [And north of Pará]. — Coelho & Ramos, 1972: 183, Brazil Amapá. — Coelho & Ramos-Porto, 1986: 73, Brazil Amapá [0–41 m]. — Barreto et al., 1993: tab. 1, Brazil Amapá [Also Guianas]. — Melo, 1996: 154, Brazil Amapá. — Melo et al., 1998: 448, Brazil Amapá. — Silva et al., 1998: 90, Brazil Amapá [75 m]. – Braga et al., 2005: 3, Brazil Amapá [In distribution] – Coelho et al., 2008: 15, Brazil Amapá [From Coelho (1969)]. — Magalhães et al., PLOS ONE, 2016: 14, Suriname, Brazil Amapá [Saramacca USNM 103479 (1 male, 1 female); in distribution, Guianas, Brazil Amapá]. — Cintra et al., 2017: tab. 1-6, Brazil Amapá [bycatch of shrimp fisheries, 0–4°N, 27–47 m]. — Silva et al., 2020: tab. 1, Brazil Amapá.
Distribution/Habitat – WA; Marine; 7–73 m.
Comment(s) on data
A color photograph of this species in Magalhães et al., 2016 (Fig. 5c).
References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)This species in Worms Database