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Decapoda - Brachyura - Pinnotheridae - Austinixa

Austinixa cristata (Rathbun, 1900)

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World Distribution
(Manning & Felder, 1989) - Atlantic coast of the southeastern United States, from at least Beaufort, North Carolina, to Miami, Florida; northern Gulf of Mexico, from Horn Island, Mississippi; and southwestern Gulf of Mexico, from Barra del Tordo, mouth of Rio Carrizal, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Intertidal and shallow subtidal to a depth of at least 2 meters

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Associated with crustacea

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 0-23 m

Comment(s) on data
Pinnixa cristata Rathbun – Coelho, 1969, table 1: Brazil Amapá. — Coelho & Ramos, 1972: 196, Brazil Amapá [23 m]. — Barreto et al., 1993: tab. 1, Guianas, Brazil Amapá. — Melo, 1996: 431, Brazil Amapá. — Melo, 1998: 493, Brazil Amapá.
Brazil Amapá records corrected into Austinixa patagoniensis (see that species)
usually commensal with callianassids or other burrowers

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

This species in Worms Database