Decapoda - Brachyura - Goneplacidae - Diuplax

Diuplax sigsbei (A. Milne-Edwards, 1880)

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World Distribution
Rathbun (1918) - Off Grenada, 168-300 m.
(Ng et al., 2024, Zoosystema, new genus) - Western Atlantic region: Grenada, Barbados and off South Carolina, United States. 14-91 m, 168 m

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

Vertical range : Deep (more than 100 m) - Min-Max observed: 91-300 m

Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: ICA (Barbados, Grenada). 168-300 m. WA.
Frevillea sigsbei A. Milne-Edwards, 1880a: 16, Grenada [R/V Blake, st. 253, 92 brasses]. - A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1923: 337, Grenada [R/V Blake, st. 253, 92 brasses].
Goneplax sigsbei - Rathbun, 1918: 27, Grenada [R/V Blake, st. 254, 164 fathoms; st. 253, 92 fathoms]. - Guinot, 1969b: 521, fig. 63, 68, 71-72, Barbados [R/V Blake, n° 287, syntype, male 8.5x13 mm].

Comment(s) on data
New genus Diuplax Ng, Castro & Rodríguez Moreno, 2024 (Zoosystema).

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