Decapoda - Brachyura - Pinnotheridae - Zaops

Zaops ostreus (Say, 1817)

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World Distribution
Felder et al. (2009) - 1-3? m. - Mass–E Fla, GMx, Antil, Brazil.

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Associated with molluscs

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 1-3 m

Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: ICA (Guadeloupe), IOV (Margarita). 1-3 m. WA.
Pinnotheres crassipes Desbonne, in Desbonne & Schramm, 1867: 43, Guadeloupe [dans l'Ostrea parasitica] - Accepted (with a ?) as Pinnotheres ostreum Say, 1817 by Rathbun (1918: 66).
Pinnotheres ostreum - Rathbun, 1918: 66, Guadeloupe [type locality of P. crassipes; synonymy established with a '?' and mention that the type specimen of P. crassipes is probably not extant].
Zaops ostreum - Hernández et al, 1999: tab. 2, Margarita [Laguna de Las Marites]. - Palacios Theil et al., 2009: 450, tab. 1, Margarita. - Palacios Theil et al., 2016: 7, tab. 2, Margarita.

Comment(s) on data
Commensal with oysters.

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

This species in Worms Database