Decapoda - Brachyura - Epialtidae - Nibilia
| Nibilia antilocapra (Stimpson, 1871) |
World Distribution
Felder et al. (2009, Checklist) - 71-342 m, NCar–GMx, Antil, Brazil.
Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Hard bottom (rock and rubbles)
Vertical range : Shallow to deep-waters (e.g. 10-190 m) - Min-Max observed: 71-342 m
Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: North Carolina to Gulf of Mexico, Antilles, Brazil. Lesser Antilles, ICA (Guadeloupe, St Vincent, Barbados), IOV (Margarita). 71-342 m. WA.
Herbstia sp. - Desbonne, in Desbonne & Schramm, 1867: 17, pl. 7, fig. 23, Guadeloupe [Habite la Guadeloupe, sur la côte de Capesterre et dans le canal des Saintes … les pêcheurs en trouvent assez souvent dans les nasses avec le Pericera cornuta] - Synonymy from Rathbun (1925).
Nibilia erinacea A. Milne-Edwards, 1878 (1873-1880): 133, pl. 25, Guadeloupe [Guadeloupe, canal des Saintes, Marie-Galante] - Accepted as Nibilia antilocapra (Stimpson, 1871) in WoRMS (2016).
Nibilia antilocapra - Rathbun, 1925: 290, pl. 102, 103, 239, St Vincent, Barbados [synonymy; off St Vincent, off Barbados]. - Hernández-Ávila et al., 2008: 687, Margarita [Deep fishing at 50-190 m].
Nibilia ?antilocapra - Poupin & Corbari, 2016: in press, Guadeloupe, Karubenthos II 2015, st. DW4554, 15 June 2015, 16°20.98'N, 60°55.57'W, 370-300 m, MNHN-IU-2013-18921; st. CP4558, 15 June 2015, 16°21.98'N, 60°48.72'W, 385-312 m, MNHN-IU-2013-18967; st. DW4573, 17 June 2015, 16°19.9'N, 60°54.6'W, 413-389 m, MNHN-IU-2013-18963 [check MNHN number no visible on photo].
Comment: Karubenthos specimens are small with carapace length of about 2 cm, at most. They resemble Nibilia antilocapra with photo of a large specimen from Guadeloupe in Desbonne (1867, pl. 7, fig. 23). The frontal spines are more separated at their base and the chelipeds are shorter. These are perhaps morphological variations for juveniles, as often observed within the Majoidea.
French Guiana and surroundings areas: Guiana, Suriname, Brazil (Amapà)
Nibilia antilocapra – Williams, 1984: 320, Guyana. — Silva et al., 2002: 102, tab. 3, ?Brazil Amapá [Programa Revizee/Norte].
Nibilia antilocarpa (sic) – Corbari et al., 2015: 165–167, unnumbered tab., French Guiana [Guyane 2014 Expedition, 6 lots in MNHN, e.g. MNHN-IU-2013-2581, st. CP4375, 3/08/2014, 195–200 m].
Distribution/Habitat – WA; Marine; 71–342 m.
References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)This species in Worms Database