Decapoda - Astacidea - Nephropidae - Acanthacaris
| Acanthacaris caeca (A. Milne-Edwards, 1881) |
World Distribution
Felder et al. (2009) - 293-878 m. Fla Str, GMx & Carib.
Melo (1999: 478) includes Brazil.
(Sasaki, 2019) - Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil (Amapŕ).
Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Soft bottom (mud or sand)
Vertical range : Deep (more than 100 m) - Min-Max observed: 293-878 m
Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: Florida Strait, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea. Lesser Antilles, ICA (Anguilla, Saba, Nevis, Guadeloupe, Grenada). 293-878 m. WA.
Phoberus caecus A. Milne-Edwards, 1881: 1, Grenada [R/V Blake, 416 brasses]. - A. Milne-Edwards, 1883, pl. 16, Grenada [R/V Blake, 416 brasses]. - Bouvier, 1925: 413, Nevis, Grenada [R/V Blake, st. 151, 356 brasses, off Nevis; type st. 496 brasses, Grenada].
Acanthacaris caeca - Holthuis, 1974: 743, NW Anguilla [R/V Pillsbury], W of Saba [R/V Oregon] off Nevis [R/V Blake], Guadeloupe [R/V Pillsbury]. - Holthuis, FAO, 1991: 26, type locality, off Grenada [R/V Blake, st. 264, 761 m].
Acanthacaris caeca - Guadeloupe, Karubenthos II 2015, field det. J. Poupin, st. CP4512, 8 June 2015, 16°12.57'N, 61°53.54'W, 532-409 m, MNHN-IU-2013-18777.
French Guiana and surroundings areas: Guiana, Suriname, Brazil (Amapŕ)
Acanthacaris caeca – Takeda, 1983: 85, Suriname, French Guiana [293–878 m]. — Melo, 1999: 478, Brazil Amapá. — Silva et al., 2003b: 24, Brazil Amapá [R/V Almirante Paulo Moreira, 03°43’N/48°53’W, 15/11/96, 187 m; 04°09’N, 49°22’W, 31/03/98, 421 m]. — Tavares, 2002c: 303, Brazil Amapá. — Coelho et al., 2007: tab. 1, Brazil Amapá. — Silva et al., 2013: 1091, fig. 2, Brazil Amapá/Pará [bottom trawl, between 1° 20'N–4° 09'N, 41–626 m]. — Silva et al., 2020: tab. 1, Brazil Amapá. — Cruz et al., 2021, fig. 2, Brazil Amapá.
Distribution/Habitat – WA; Marine; 293–878 m.
References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)This species in Worms Database