Decapoda - Anomura - Munidopsidae - Leiogalathea

Leiogalathea agassizii (A. Milne Edwards, 1880)

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World Distribution
Rodriguez-Flores, Macpherson & Machordom (2019, Zootaxa) - Caribbean Sea: St Lucia and Barbados and north coast of Cuba at depths of 300–897 m. New material was collected in Florida and Guadeloupe Island, between 519 and 690 m

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

Vertical range : Deep (more than 100 m) - Min-Max observed: 300-690 m

Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: western Atlantic only (Rodriguez-Flores, Macpherson & Machordom (2019, Zootaxa). Lesser Antilles ICA (Guadeloupe, St Lucia, St Vincent, Barbados). 300-690 m. WA.
Galathea agassizii A. Milne-Edwards, 1880a: 47, St Lucia, Barbados [R/V Blake, 164-237 brasses]. - A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1897: 17, pl. 1, fig. 6-15, St Lucia, St Vincent, Barbados [R/V Blake]. - Chace, 1942: 31, St Lucia, St Vincent, Barbados.
Leiogalathea agassizii - Baba et al., 2008: 83, St Lucia, Barbados [Catalog].
Leiogalathea agassizii - Poupin & Corbari, 2016, Zootaxa - Guadeloupe (first record), Karubenthos II 2015, field det. J. Poupin, st. DW4510, 7 June 2015, 16°15.1'N, 61°51.3'W, 660-690 m, MNHN-IU-2013-18858; st. DW4511, 8 June 2015, 16°13.9'N, 61°51.5'W, 660-630 m, MNHN-IU-2013-18894. - Rodriguez-Flores, Macpherson & Machordom, 2019, Zootaxa: 213, Barbados (Syntypes, Barbados. USCSS Blake Expeditions Stn 283, 13°05'05''N, 59°40'50''W, 432 m, 07 March 1879: 4 ov. F 4.6–6.8 mm (MCZ-CRU-4708)), Guadeloupe (KARUBENTHOS 2015 Stn DW4510, 16°15'N, 61°51'W, 660–690 m, 07 June 2015: 1 M 6.7 mm (MNHN-IU-2013-18858).—Stn DW4511, 16°14'N, 61°52'W, 660–630 m, 08 June 2015: 1 F 4.1 mm (MNHN-IU-2013-18894)).

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