Decapoda - Caridea - Glyphocrangonidae - Glyphocrangon

Glyphocrangon aculeata A. Milne-Edwards, 1881

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World Distribution
Holthuis (1971, Bull. Mar. Sc.) - The species is known from off Cape Hatteras (North Carolina, U. S. A.) to off Recife (northeastern Brazil), and from the entire Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean. 707-1760 m, mostly 1100-1280 m.
Felder et al. (2009) - 707-1760 m. NCar–GMx, Carib–Brazil

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Soft bottom (mud or sand)

Vertical range : Deep (more than 100 m) - Min-Max observed: 707-1760 m

Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: North Carolina to Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea to Brazil. Lesser Antilles, VGI (St Croix), ICA (St Kitts, Guadeloupe, Isla de Aves, Dominica, Martinique, St Vincent, Grenada, Tobago). 707-1760 m. WA.
Glyphocrangon aculeatum A. Milne-Edwards, 1881: 5, St Vincent [R/V Blake, 593 brasses]. - A. Milne-Edwards, 1883, pl. 39, Martinique [R/V Blake, st. 200]. - Glyphocrangon aculeata - Faxon, 1896: 158, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Grenada [R/V Blake, st. 163, 174, 190, 195, 265, 502-878 fathoms]. - Holthuis, 1971: 323, off Virgin Islands (St Croix), St Kitts, Guadeloupe, St Vincent, Grenada, Tobago, Isla de Aves; also from literature, Dominica, Martinique [Bull. Mar. Sc., R/V Pillsbury, R/V Blake].
Glyphocrangon aculeata - Guadeloupe, Karubenthos II 2015, field det. J. Poupin, st. CP4644, 28 June 2015, 15°46.96'N, 61°5.11'W, 898-835 m, MNHN-IU-2013-19168.

French Guiana and surroundings areas: Guiana, Suriname, Brazil (Amapà)
Glyphocrangon aculeata – Holthuis, 1971: 323, Guyana, Suriname [R/V Pillsbury,st. 689, st. 672 (1968)].
Distribution/Habitat – WA; Marine; 707–1760 m.

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