Decapoda - Brachyura - Inachidae - Anomalothir
| Anomalothir frontalis (A. Milne-Edwards, 1879) |
World Distribution
Felder et al. (2009, Checklist) - 131-421 m. E GMx, Cuba, Antil, Col.
Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Hard bottom (rock and rubbles)
Vertical range : Deep (more than 100 m) - Min-Max observed: 131-421 m
Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: WA. Eastern Gulf of Mexico, Cuba, Antilles, Colombia. Lesser Antilles, ICA (Montserrat, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Barbados). 131-421 m.
Anomalopus frontalis A. Milne-Edwards, 1879: 189, pl. 36, fig. 1, Barbados [R/V Hassler, Barbados, 100 brasses]. - A. Milne-Edwards, 1880a: 8, Montserrat, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Barbados [R/V Hassler, Barbados, 100 brasses; R/V Blake, 73-183 brasses]. - A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1923: 368, Montserrat, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Barbados [R/V Blake, st. 155, Montserrat, 88 brasses; st. 171, Guadeloupe, 183 brasses; st. 177, Dominique, 118 brasses; st. 272, 276, 280, Barbados, 73-94 brasses]. - Rathbun, 1925: 25, pl. 8, fig. 1, pl. 9, fig. 1, pl. 207, Montserrat, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Barbados [73-183 fathoms].
Anomalothir frontalis - Poupin & Corbari, 2016: in press, Guadeloupe, Karubenthos II 2015, st. CP4529, 11 June 2015, 16°24.4'N, 61°33.68'W, 176-183 m, MNHN-IU-2013-18876; st. DW4613, 25 June 2015, 16°24.16'N, 60°50.1'W, 210-240 m, MNHN-IU-2013-19063.
Comment: the determination is based on shape of chela, not more than three time its greatest width following Rathbun (1925). In addition it must be checked on the specimens that the ventral margin of P3 has no spines. There is only one WA related species (A. furcillatus) also collected during Karubenthos and clearly distinct by the shape of its chela.
References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)This species in Worms Database