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Decapoda - Anomura - Hippidae - Hippa

Hippa testudinaria (Herbst, 1791)

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World Distribution
Felder et al. (2009) - 0-shallow. Fla Keys, Carib–Brazil, E Atl, As I

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Soft bottom (mud or sand)

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 0-2 m

Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: VGI (St Thomas, St Croix), ICA (Isla de Aves, Martinique, Barbados), IOV (Margarita, Cubagua, Blanquilla, Tortuga, Los Roques, Bonaire, Curaçao, Aruba). 0-2 m. ATL.
Remipes scutellatus - Doflein, 1899: 182, Martinique - In Manning & Chace (1990: 3) Remipes scutellatus is a synonym of Hippa testudinaria.
Hippa cubensis (Saussure, 1857) - Rathbun, 1920a: 14, Curaçao [coll. J. Boeke, 1905]. - Schmitt, 1924b: 80, Curaçao [coll. C.J. van der Horst, 1920]. - Schmitt, 1924a: 95, Barbados. - Schmitt, 1935: 217, St Thomas, St Croix. - Schmitt, 1936: 377, Bonaire, Curaçao, Aruba [coll. P. Hummelinck, 1930]. - Chace, 1956: 153, Los Roques. - Abele & Kim, 1986: 38, St Thomas. - Lira, 1997, tab. 5, Margarita. - Scelzo & Varela, 1988: 36, Blanquilla. - Garcia et al., 1998: tab. 1, Isla de Aves. - Lira, 2004: tab. 1, Tortuga - Remipes cubensis Saussure, 1857 is accepted as Hippa testudinaria in WoRMS (2016).
Hippa testudinaria - Carré, 2005: 23, Martinique. - Hernández-Ávila et al., 2007: appendix, Cubagua [From literature].

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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