Decapoda - Anomura - Parapaguridae - Oncopagurus

Oncopagurus bicristatus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1880)



World Distribution
Lemaitre (2014: 217, Raffles Bulletin) - Western Atlantic, from Straits of Florida and Gulf of Mexico, to off the coast of Maranhao, Brazil; eastern Atlantic, from Canary Islands and Cape Verde Islands. Depth: 270–1070 m.

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Associated with anemones

Vertical range : Deep (more than 100 m) - Min-Max observed: 270-1070 m

Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: VGI ( St Croix), ICA (St Lucia). 270-1070 m. ATL.
Eupagurus bicristatus A. Milne-Edwards, 1880a: 43, St Croix (Frederiksted), St Lucia [R/V Blake, 164-508 brasses]. - A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1893: 154, St Croix [pl. 11, fig. 11-12, R/V Blake, st. 136, 508 brasses, Frederiksted (=St Croix)].
Oncopagurus bicristatus - Lemaitre, 2014: 217, St Croix [Virgin Islands, type material. Holotype, off Frederiksted (U.S. Virgin Islands), Caribbean Sea, USCGS Blake, sta 136, 17°43.10'N, 64°55.50'S: M 3.2 mm (MCZ 4039)].

French Guiana and surroundings areas: Guiana, Suriname, Brazil (Amapà)
Sympagurus bicristatus – Melo, 1999: 152, Brazil Amapá.
Oncopagurus bicristatus – Coelho et al., 2007: tab. 4, Brazil Amapá.
Distribution/Habitat – ATL; Marine; 270–1070 m.

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