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Decapoda - Brachyura - Pinnotheridae - Calyptraeotheres

Calyptraeotheres hernandezi Hernández-Ávila & Campos, 2006

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World Distribution
Hernández-Ávila & Campos (2006) - Known only from the type locality, Cubagua Island, Venezuela, 2-6 m

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Associated with molluscs

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 2-6 m

Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: IOV (Cubagua). 2-6 m. Only/IOV.
Calyptraeotheres hernandezi Hernández-Ávila & Campos, 2006: 44, Cubagua. - Hernández-Ávila et al., 2007: tab. 1, Cubagua.

Comment(s) on data
Symbiont of the West Indian cup-and-saucer Crucibulum auricula (Gmelin) (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Calyptraeidae)
Analogous to C. granti (Glassell, 1933) from the eastern Pacific

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

This species in Worms Database