Decapoda - Brachyura - Xanthidae - Ratha

Ratha longimana (H. Milne Edwards, 1834)

3 Illustration(s)

World Distribution
Felder et al. (2009, Checklist) - Western Atlantic. 5-154 m. S Fla, S GMx, Bah, Antil, Pan, Col.

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

Vertical range : Shallow to deep-waters (e.g. 10-190 m) - Min-Max observed: 5-154 m

Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: VGI (St Thomas, St Croix), ICA (St Martin, Guadeloupe, Isla de Aves, Martinique, Barbados, Trinidad), IOV (Margarita, Cubagua, Blanquilla, Tortuga, Los Roques, Curaçao, Aruba). 5-154 m. WA.
Chlorodius longimanus - Desbonne, in Desbonne & Schramm, 1867: 30, Guadeloupe. - A. Milne-Edwards, 1873-1880: 265, pl. 49, fig. 5, Antilles. - Nobili, 1898: 1, St Thomas [coll. Duchassaing].
Chlorodiella longimana - Rathbun, 1921: 72, Barbados [Barbados-Antigua Expedition 1918]. - Rathbun, 1930: 462, St Thomas, St Croix, Martinique, Barbados, Curaçao. - Rathbun, 1933: 68, St Thomas, St Croix. - Rathbun, 1936: 386, Aruba [coll. P. Hummelinck, 1930]. - Chace, 1956: 156, Los Roques. - Rodríguez, 1980: 364, Cubagua, Los Roques, Curaçao [Los Roques, Curaçao from literature]. - Grajal & Laughlin, 1984: 226, Los Roques. - Scelzo & Varela, 1988: 36, Blanquilla. - Garcia et al., 1998: tab. 1, Isla de Aves. - Lira, 2004: tab. 1, Tortuga. - Tagliafico et al., 2005: tab. 1, Margarita (Los Frailes). - Hernández-Ávila et al., 2007: tab. 1, Cubagua.
Ratha longimana - Lasley et al., 2013: 386, St Martin, Trinidad [New genus and redescription; coll. St Martin, RNN Inventory, 24/04/2012, UF32481; coll. Trinidad, Stanley, 6/01/1970].
Ratha longimana - Saint Martin, RNN Inventory 23/04/2012, UF32420, photo dSTM_4115; UF32481, photo dSTM_7124; UF32480, photo dSTM_7132.

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