Decapoda - Brachyura - Epialtidae - Minyorhyncha
| Minyorhyncha crassa (A. Milne-Edwards, 1878) |
World Distribution
(Sasaki, 2019) - Scotian shelf, Canada, USA Nova Scotia, between Cuba, Florida, South Carolina, Gulf of Mexico. Colombia, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil (Amapá, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Sergipe, Bahia; São Paulo). 86-1216 m
Tavares & Santana (2018, Zootaxa). Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Reykjanes Ridge (59°N) (Copley et al. 1996). Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia, Canada (Moriyasu et al. 2001); east coast of the United States (from Martha’s Vineyard to Florida), Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, north coast of South America to Brazil (from Amapá to Santa Catarina); between 66 and 1216 m of depth (Williams 1984)
Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Hard bottom (rock and rubbles)
Vertical range : Shallow to deep-waters (e.g. 10-190 m) - Min-Max observed: 66-1216 m
Lesser Antilles data
Minyorhyncha crassa - Guadeloupe, Basse Terre, trap at 300-400 m, photo transmitted by D. Lamy, March 2025, det. from photo D. Felder. WA, Lesser Antilles ICA (Guadeloupe).
French Guiana and surroundings areas: Guiana, Suriname, Brazil (Amapà)
Rochinia crassa – Takeda, 1983: 134, Suriname, French Guiana [275 m]. — Silva et al., 1998: 92, Brazil Amapá [312–352 m]. — Silva et al., 2002: 102, tab. 3, ?Brazil Amapá [Programa Revizee/Norte]. — Coelho et al., 2008: 17, Brazil Amapá. — Lima & Martinelli-Lemos, 2019: 306 [Checklist, Brazil Amapá]. — Corbari et al., 2015: unumbered tab, pp. 165-167, French Guiana [Guyane 2014 Expedition, 2 lots in MNHN, e.g. MNHN-IU-2013-2569, st. CP4372, 3/08/2014, 396–397 m, at http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/iu/2013-2569].
Minyorhyncha crassa – Silva et al., 2020: tab. 1, Brazil Amapá. — Tavares & Santana, 2018: 213 [Distribution].
Distribution/Habitat – WA (and Mid-Atlantic Ridge); Marine; 66–1216 m.
Comment(s) on data
Distribution/Ecology – Mid-Atlantic Ridge (Reykjanes Ridge); WA: Canada to Brazil (Santa Catarina); Marine; 66-1216 m.
References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)This species in Worms Database