Decapoda - Brachyura - Homolidae - Homologenus

Homologenus rostratus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1880)



World Distribution
Felder et al. (2009) - Western Atlantic, 600-1601 m. Ber, S Fla, GMx, Cuba, Antil. Virgin Islands (St Croix, St Thomas). - Lemaitre & Tavares (2014) - Eastern United States (Delaware to Florida), Straits of Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Cuba, Venezuela, and Brazil (Rio Grande do Norte, Bahia); depth: 600 to 1829 m.

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

Vertical range : Deep (more than 100 m) - Min-Max observed: 600-1829 m

Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: VGI (St Croix, St Thomas), ICA (Isla de Aves, Dominica). 600-1829 m. WA.
Homolopsis rostratus A. Milne-Edwards, 1880a: 34, St Thomas, St Croix [R/V Blake, st. 124, 580 brasses, 1061 m]. -
Homologenus rostratus - A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1902: 30, pl. 15, fig. 11-16, pl. 6, fig. 9-13, between St. Thomas, St Croix [R/V Blake, 580 brasses, 1061 m}. - Ratbhun, 1933: 108, St Thomas, St Croix. - Rathbun, 1937: 70, Virgin Islands (St Thomas, St Croix), also near Isla de Aves at 15°24'40"N, 63°31'30"W, R/V Albatross, st. 2117, 27 January 1884, west of Dominica. - Guinot & Richer de Forges, 1995: 471 St Thomas, St Croix [R/V Blake, 1061 m]. - Tavares & Lemaitre, 2014: 520, St Croix, St Thomas, Isla de Aves (USNM 7802, which is R/V Albatross st. 2117, same as Rathbun, 1937) [include type, R/V Blake].

Comment(s) on data
See Guinot & Richer de Forges (1995) - Specimens of Eastern Atlantic formely attributed to this species are described under a new species (H. boucheti).

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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