Decapoda - Anomura - Paguridae - Agaricochirus

Agaricochirus erosus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1880)

7 Illustration(s)

World Distribution
McLaughlin (1982: 835, Bull. Mar. Sc.) - Yucatan Channel, Windward Islands, and Barbados; 84-347 m.

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Associated with sponges

Vertical range : Shallow to deep-waters (e.g. 10-190 m) - Min-Max observed: 84-347 m

Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: Yucatan Channel, Windward Islands (McLaughlin, 1982). Lesser Antilles, ICA (Guadeloupe, Martinique, St Lucia, Barbados). 84-347 m. WA.
Eupagurus erosus A. Milne-Edwards, 1880a: 42, Martinique, Barbados [R/V Blake, 73-210 brasses].
Pylopagurus erosus - A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1893: 89, pl. 6, fig. 27-30, Martinique, Barbados [R/V Blake].
Agaricochirus erosus - McLaughlin, 1982: 830, tab. 1, Martinique [R/V Pillsbury, 1969, st. 931, 84-88 m], St Lucia [R/V Oregon, 1966, st. 5955-56, 165-228 m].
Agaricochirus erosus - Guadeloupe (first record), Karubenthos II 2015, field det. J. Poupin, st. DW4615, 25 June 2015, 16°23.16'N, 60°49.66'W, 270-226 m, MNHN-IU-2013-19070; st. CP4595 or DW4595, 22 June 2015, 15°58.65'N, 61°21.95'W, 211-208 m, MNHN-IU-2013-19021.
Comment: Determination based on the aspect of right chela with mushroom-shaped tubercles on dorsal surface as illustrated in McLaughlin (1982: 827, fig. 2c).

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