Decapoda - Brachyura - Xanthidae - Microcassiope

Microcassiope minor (Dana, 1852)



World Distribution
Felder et al. (2009) - 1-shallow m. Bah, GMx, Cuba, Curaç, Ven, Med, W Afr, C&S Atl I

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

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 1-5 m

Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: ICA (Barbados), IOV (Los Roques, Bonaire, Curaçao, Aruba). Intertidal to 220 m (in Manning & Holthuis, 1981). ATL.
Xanthiam (sic) granulimanus (Stimpson) - Rathbun, 1921: 71, Barbados [Barbados-Antigua Expedition 1918] - See comment.
Xanthias granulimanus (Stimpson, 1871) - Rathbun, 1924: 15, Curaçao [coll. C.J. van der Horst, 1920] - See comment.
Micropanope granulimanus (Stimpson, 1871) - Rathbun, 1936: 385, Bonaire, Aruba [coll. P. Hummelinck, 1930]. - Chace, 1956: 156, Los Roques. - Rodríguez, 1980: 363, Los Roques, Curaçao [from Chace, 1956, Curaçao, from Ratbhun, 1930] - See comment.
Microcassiope minor - Manning & Holthuis, 1981: 138, Los Roques, Curaçao. - Felder et al., 2009: 1085, Curaçao - See comment.
Comment: Pilumnus granulimanus Stimpson, 1871 is accepted as Microcassiope minor (Dana, 1852) in Felder et al. (2009, note 410) based on Manning & Holthuis (1981: 138) with indication that: the latter authors (Manning & Holthuis) adopt previously published evidence that eastern and western Atlantic populations are conspecific, contrary to reservations expressed by Guinot (1971). However, the two species, Microcassiope granulimana (Stimpson, 1871) and Microcassiope minor (Dana, 1852), are still listed as distinct by Ng et al. (2008) and WoRMS (2016).

Comment(s) on data
note 410 by Felder et al. (2009) for that species - western Atlantic records of this species were formerly reported under the junior synonyms Micropanope granulimanus (Stimpson, 1871) or Microcassiope granulimanus (Stimpson, 1871), taxonomic histories of which are reviewed in detail by Manning and Holthuis (1981: 138); the latter authors adopt previously published evidence that eastern and western Atlantic populations are conspecific, contrary to reservations expressed by Guinot (1971).

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