Decapoda - Caridea - Palaemonidae - Anchistioides

Anchistioides antiguensis (Schmitt, 1924)



World Distribution
Felder et al. (2009) - 0-118 m. Ber, SCar–GMx, Bah, Antl–Brazil. Los Roques

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Hard bottom (rock and rubbles)

Vertical range : Shallow to deep-waters (e.g. 10-190 m) - Min-Max observed: 1-118 m

Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: VGI (St Thomas), Lesser Antilles, ICA (Saba, Antigua), IOV (Los Roques). 1-118 m. WA.
Periclimenes antiguensis Schmitt, 1924a:84, Antigua [English Harbor].
Anchistioides antiguensis - Holthuis, 1951: 175, St Thomas, Antigua [St Thomas from R/V Albatross, 1884]. - Chace, 1972: 24, Saba Bank, Antigua. - Rodríguez, 1986, tab. 2, Los Roques.

Comment(s) on data
Formerly in Anchistioididae but see Chow et al. (2020, JCB) - The family Anchistioididae Borradaile, 1915 (Decapoda: Caridea) is a synonym of Palaemonidae Rafinesque, 1815 based on molecular and morphological evidence

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