Decapoda - Brachyura - Epialtidae - Libinia
| Libinia ferreirae Brito Capello, 1871 |
World Distribution
Rodríguez (1980: 282) - 0-16 brazas (0-30 m), Bermuda, Florida keys, Yucatan, Jamaica, Dominica Republic, Puerto Rico, Barbados, Venezuela
9-35 m, 36 m in Takeda (1983)
Tavares & Santana (2012) - Libinia ferreirae has been found in Costa Rica, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Brazil, Uruguay.
Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Hard bottom (rock and rubbles)
Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 1-36 m
Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: IOV (Margarita). 1-35 m. WA (continental).
Libinia ferreirae - Rodríguez, 1980: 282, Margarita [also Barbados in distribution but see Comment].
Comment: In Tavares & Santana (2012) this species is reported only along the American coast from Costa Rica, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Brazil, to Uruguay. Mention of Barbados, undocumented, in Rodríguez (1980) is doubtful.
French Guiana and surroundings areas: Guiana, Suriname, Brazil (Amapŕ)
Libinia ferreirae – Durand, 1959: 32, photo 11, French Guiana [R/V ORSOM II; det. Guinot-Dumortier]. — Holthuis, 1959a: 187, Suriname [9–35 m]. — Guinot-Dumortier, 1960: 178, French Guiana [Sand, mud, 23–30 m]. — Coelho, 1969, table 1: Brazil Amapá. — Coelho & Ramos, 1972: 213, Brazil Amapá. — Takeda, 1983: 137, Suriname, French Guiana [36 m]. — Barreto et al., 1993: tab. 1, Brazil Amapá [Also Guianas]. — Le Loeuff & Cosel, 2000: 25, annex 1, French Guiana. — Coelho et al., 2008: 17, Brazil Amapá [From Coelho (1969)]. — Tavares & Santana, 2012: 581, Guyana, Brazil Amapá [Distribution; presence in Guyana s.s. not documented].
Distribution/Habitat – WA; Marine; 1–36 m.
References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)This species in Worms Database