Decapoda - Brachyura - Pseudorhombilidae - Micropanope

Micropanope sculptipes Stimpson, 1871



World Distribution
Felder et al. (2009) - 10-311 m. NCar–GMx, Antil, Brazil

Western Atlantic: North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, West Indies to Brazil (Rio de Janeiro); northern and northeastern Brazil: Pará, Maranhão, Ceará, Paraíba

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

Vertical range : Shallow to deep-waters (e.g. 10-190 m) - Min-Max observed: 10-311 m

Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: VGI (St Croix), ICA (Grenada, Barbados). 10-311 m. WA.
Micropanope pugilator - A. Milne-Edwards, 1880a: 14, St Croix, Grenada, Barbados [in part, at least one specimen from St Croix, R/V Blake, st. 132, 115 brasses is Micropanope lobifrons instead, cf. Rathbun, 1930: 428; Grenada, Barbados, R/V Blake, st. 247, 170 brasses; st. 278, 69 brasses]. - A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1923: 326, St Croix, Grenada, Barbados [R/V Blake, st. 132, Santa Cruz, 115 brasses; st. 247, Grenade, 170 brasses; st. 278, Barbades, 69 brasses; … de ces divers matériaux, nous n'avons plus sous les yeux qu'un femelle ovigère du N°278, étiquetée par erreur Micropanope pugilator, alors qu'elle présente tous les caractères du M. lobifrons] - Micropanope pugilator A. Milne-Edwards, 1880(1873-1881) is accepted as M. sculptipes Stimpson, 1871 in WoRMS (2016).
Micropanope sculptipes - Rathbun, 1930: 428, pl. 178, fig. 1-3, St Croix, Grenada, Barbados [from A. Milne-Edwards, 1880; but St Croix record, st. 132, also indicated as belonging to M. lobifrons instead]. - Rathbun, 1933: 66, St Croix, Barbados.

French Guiana and surroundings areas: Guiana, Suriname, Brazil (Amapà)
Micropanope sculptipes – Melo, 1996: 366, Brazil Amapá. — Melo, 1998: 484, Brazil Amapá. — Lima & Martinelli-Lemos, 2019: tab. 1, Brazil Amapá.
Distribution/Habitat – WA; Marine; 10–311 m.

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