Decapoda - Brachyura - Homolidae - Homola
| Homola minima Guinot & Richer de Forges, 1995 |
World Distribution
Felder et al. (2009) - 55-683 m. Mass-GMx, S Carib? & Brazil? Guinot & Richer de Forges (1995) - 55-683 m, western Atlantic, from Massachusetts to Caribbea, ?South American coast. Brazil in Lemaitre & Tavares (2014) - Northeastern coast of the United States, from Massachusetts to Florida, Bahamas, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, and eastern coast of South America, from Suriname to Uruguay; depth: 55 to 700 m.
Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Hard bottom (rock and rubbles)
Vertical range : Shallow to deep-waters (e.g. 10-190 m) - Min-Max observed: 55-700 m
Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: Massachusetts to Gulf of Mexico, southern Caribbean Sea, Brazil. Lesser Antilles, ICA (Guadeloupe, Barbados). 55-683 m. WA.
Homola spinifrons - A. Milne-Edwards, 1880a: 33, Barbados [R/V Hassler, 100 brasses] - Not Homola spinifrons Leach, 1816, cf. Guinot & Richer de Forges (1995: 326), but H. minima sp. nov.
Homola minima - Tavares & Lemaitre, 2014: 514, Barbados [Coll. J. Lewis, 146-183 m, USNM 152623].
Homola minima - Guadeloupe (first record), Karubenthos II 2015, field det. J. Poupin [Distinct from H. vigil by much obvious bifid rostral spine], st. DW4599, 22 June 2015, 15°53.14'N, 61°25.15'W, 262-266 m, MNHN-IU-2013-19038; st. CP4623, 26 June 2015, 15°55.72'N, 61°31.02'W, 217-182 m, MNHN-IU-2013-19103.
Comment: this identification is based on the aspect of the bifid rostral spine that separate this species from related Homola vigil, also collected during Karubenthos 2015.
French Guiana and surroundings areas: Guiana, Suriname, Brazil (Amapà)
Homola barbata – Takeda, 1983: 113, Suriname, French Guiana [55–670 m]. Not H. barbata (Fabricius, 1793) fide Guinot & Richer de Forges (1995: 326). — Corbari et al., 2015: 165–167, unnumbered tab., French Guiana [Guyane 2014 Expedition, 9 lots in MNHN, det. not indicated, e.g. MNHN-IU-2013-2669, st. CP4398, 7/08/2014, 127–130 m, at http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/iu/2013-2669]. Probably not H. barbata, but H. minima instead, J. Poupin correction, May 2022, following Guinot & Richer de Forges (1995).
Homola minima Guinot & Richer de Forges, 1995: 326 Suriname, French Guiana [Synonymy, including Takeda, 1983]. — Lemaitre & Tavares, 2014: 514, Suriname [Suriname. NE of Paramaribo, R/V Oregon, sta 2289, 07°25' N, 54°35' W, 137–146 m, 8 Sep 1958: 4 males, 3 females, 1 ovig. female (USNM 1185786)].
Distribution/Habitat – WA; Marine; 55–700 m.
References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)This species in Worms Database