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Decapoda - Caridea - Palaemonidae - Pseudocoutierea

Pseudocoutierea antillensis Chace, 1972

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World Distribution
Chace (1972: 45) Saba Bank, dredged in 13 m, with numerous antipatharians and gorgonians. Criales (1980; 3-13 m) - Curaçao, 3-13 m. 6.2-40 m in Fransen (2023, Zootaxa).

(Fransen, 2023, Zootaxa) - Distribution. Known from scattered locations in the tropical western Atlantic from the Saba Bank (Chace 1972); Cay Sal Bank, Bahamas (Lemaitre 1984); Cuba (Debelius 1999); Santa Marta, Columbia (Criales 1984); Islas del Rosario, Columbia (Corredor et al. 1979); Los Roques, Venezuela (Rodríguez 1986); British Virgin Islands (Spotte et al. 1995); Pine Cay, Turks and Caicos Islands, British West Indies (Spotte & Bubucis 1996). 1–13 m depth. Previous records from Curaçao by Criales (1980) and Olthof et al. (2018). Herein recorded for the first time from Bonaire.

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Associated with corals (obligate)

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 3-40 m

Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: VGI (Guana), ICA (Saba), IOV (Los Roques, Curaçao, Bonaire). 3-13 m. Only/ICA/IOV.
Pseudocoutierea antillensis Chace, 1972: 43, Saba Bank [13 m]. - Rodríguez, 1986, tab. 2, Los Roques. - Criales, 1980: 72, Curaçao [coral hosts, Eunicea tourneforti, Eunicea calyculata, Eunicea fusca, Plexaura sp.; 3-13 m]. - Olthof et al., 2018: 538, Curaçao.

Pseudocoutierea antillensis - Spotte et al, 1995: tab. 1, Guana Is., British VGI [In association with Gorgonian Pseudopterogorgia americana (Gmelin, 1791)]. - Fransen, 2023, Zootaxa: 105, Curaçao, Bonaire [Associated with gorgonarians and alcyonarians; 6.2-40 m].

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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