Decapoda - Brachyura - Palicidae - Palicus
| Palicus sicus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1880) |
World Distribution
Felder et al. (2009) - Western Atlantic, 27-622 m. SCar–GMx, Bah, Antil, Col, Brazil.
(Sasaki, 2019) - Brazil (from Amapá to Rio Grande do Sul)
Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Soft bottom (mud or sand)
Vertical range : Shallow to deep-waters (e.g. 10-190 m) - Min-Max observed: 27-622 m
Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: WA. South Carolina to Gulf of Mexico, Bahamas, Antilles, Colombia, Brazil. Lesser Antilles, VGI (St Croix), ICA (St Kitts, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Barbados, Grenada). 27-622 m.
Cymopolia sica A. Milne-Edwards, 1880a: 29, St Croix, Dominica, Barbados, Grenada [R/V Blake, 56-138 brasses]. - Rathbun, 1918: 208, St Croix, St Kitts (St Christopher), Barbados, Grenada. - Rathbun, 1921: 77, Barbados [Barbados-Antigua Expedition 1918]. - Rathbun, 1933: 85, St Croix, Barbados.
Palicus sica - Rathbun, 1897b: 97, St Kitts, Barbados, Grenada [Dredge by R/V Blake at st. 149, St Kitts, 60-150 fathoms, st. 253, Grenada, 92 fathoms, st. 293, Barbados, 82 fathoms]
Palicus sicus - A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1902: 56, pl. 10, fig. 7-11, pl. 11, fig. 9, Barbados, Grenada [R/V Blake, Barbados, 82 brasses, 150 m, Grenada, 92 brasses, 168 m]. - Poupin & Corbari, 2016: in press, Guadeloupe (first record), Karubenthos II 2015, st. CP4517, 9 June 2015, 16°24.4'N, 61°34'W, 178-185 m, MNHN-IU-2013-18816; st. DW4586, 21 June 2015, 15°59.62'N, 61°22.51'W, 251-204 m, MNHN-IU-2013-19005; st. DW4638, 28 June 2015, 15°50.29'N, 61°19.47'W, 312-305 m, MNHN-IU-2013-19151.
Comment: this is a first record for Guadeloupe but the species was previously reported around several Lesser Antilles islands, at similar depths.
French Guiana and surroundings areas: Guiana, Suriname, Brazil (Amapŕ)
Palicus sica (sic) – Barreto et al., 1993: tab. 1, Brazil Amapá.
Palicus sicus – Melo, 1996: 507, Brazil Amapá. — Melo, 1998: 505, Brazil Amapá. — Coelho et al., 2008: 25, Brazil Amapá [from Barreto et al. (1993a)]. — Corbari et al., 2015: 165–167, unnumbered tab., French Guiana [Guyane 2014 Expedition, 6 lots in MNHN, 95–159 m, e.g. MNHN-IU-2013-2644, st. CP4391, 6/08/2014, 115 m, at http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/iu/2013-2644].
Distribution/Habitat – WA; Marine; 27–622 m.
References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)This species in Worms Database