Decapoda - Brachyura - Dynomenidae - Acanthodromia

Acanthodromia erinacea A. Milne-Edwards, 1880



World Distribution
Rathbun (1937) - 160-274 m, Mexico (Yucatan), Greater and Lesser Antilles. Also 304-310 m, Guadeloupe.

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Soft bottom (mud or sand)

Vertical range : Deep (more than 100 m) - Min-Max observed: 160-310 m

Lesser Antilles data
Distribution (Rathbun, 1937): Mexico (Yucatan), between Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. Lesser Antilles, ICA (Guadeloupe, St Vincent). 160-310 m. WA.
Acanthodromia erinacea A. Milne-Edwards, 1880a: 31, Guadeloupe, St Vincent [R/V Blake, 88-150 brasses]. - A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1902: 23, pl. 3, fig. 5-15, pl. 4, fig. 1-4, Guadeloupe, St Vincent [R/V Blake, 88-150 brasses, 160-274 m]. - Rathbun, 1937: 55, Guadeloupe, St Vincent [R/V Blake]. - McLay, 1999: 535, Guadeloupe [R/V Blake].
Acanthodromia erinacea - Guadeloupe, Karubenthos II 2015, field det. J. Poupin, st. DW4634, 27 June 2015, 15°47.81'N, 61°25.83'W, 310-304 m, MNHN-IU-2013-19139.
Comment: this species has been described from Guadeloupe and St Vincent and rarely reported since that time. Its maximum depth range is extented herein from 274 m to 304-310 m.

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