Decapoda - Brachyura - Epialtidae - Epialtus

Epialtus bituberculatus H. Milne Edwards, 1834

4 Illustration(s)

World Distribution
Felder et al. (2009, Checklist) - 0-2 m. E Fla, GMx, Antil, nS Am, Brazil.

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

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 1-2 m

Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: VGI (St Thomas), Lesser Antilles, ICA (St Martin, Guadeloupe), IOV (Margarita, Cubagua, Bonaire). 1-2 m. WA.
Epialtus bituberculatus - Desbonne, in Schramm, 1867: 3, Guadeloupe [côtes de la Guadeloupe sur les roches couvertes d'algues]. - A. Milne-Edwards, 1873-1880: 139, pl. 27, fig. 1, 2, 3, Guadeloupe, Saint Thomas. - Rathbun, 1936: 380, Bonaire [coll. P. Hummelinck, 1930]. - Rodríguez, 1980: 280, Margarita. - Hernández et al, 1999: tab. 2, Margarita [Laguna de Las Marites]. - Marcano & Bolaños, 2001 : 75, Cubagua. - Hernández-Ávila et al., 2007: tab. 1, Cubagua. - Carmona-Suárez & Poupin, 2016: 355, St Martin, Guadeloupe, Karubenthos 2012, det. J. Poupin, April 2014, st. GM09, 1 m, JL483, from photo only, larger sp. of 3 spp., apparently a male, match well illustration in A.M.E.; det. Carmona Suarez, 2014, st. GB01, 6 m , 1 male MNHN-IU-2013-4180; st. GM09, 1 m JL483, 1 male MNHN-IU-2013-5923; st. GM09, 1 m JL483, 1 male, 1 female MNHN-IU-2013-5924 (same as det. J. Poupin, based on photo); st. GM14, 1 m JL700-3, 3 ov. Females MNHN-IU-2013-14654; no station data, 1 ov.female MNHN-IU-2013-14666.
Epialtus bituberculatus - Saint Martin, RNN Inventory 14/04/2012, UF31956, photo dSTM_2025, UF32064, photo dSTM_5095, UF31957, photo dSTM_2029, UF31957, photo dSTM_2044; 17/04/2012, UF32167, photo dSTM_2829.

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