Decapoda - Anomura - Porcellanidae - Pachycheles
| Pachycheles coelhoi de Azevedo Ferreira & Tavares, 2019 |
World Distribution
(In de Azevedo Ferreira & Tavares , 2019, Zootaxa) - Currently known only from Cabo Orange, Amapá (Brazil), 118 m
Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Soft bottom (mud or sand)
Vertical range : Deep (more than 100 m) - Min-Max observed: 118-118 m
French Guiana and surroundings areas: Guiana, Suriname, Brazil (Amapŕ)
nec Pachycheles rugimanus – Veloso & Melo, 1993: 178, Brazil Amapá. — Veloso, 1998: 401, Brazil Amapá. — Melo, 1999: 242, Brazil Amapá. — Coelho et al., 2007: tab. 4, Brazil Amapá. In de Azevedo Ferreira & Tavares (2019, Zootaxa) all previous records of P. rugimanus A. Milne-Edwards, 1880 from Brazil Amapá are attributed to Pachycheles coelhoi sp. nov.
Pachycheles coelhoi de Azevedo Ferreira & Tavares, 2019: Brazil Amapá [Cabo Orange, Project Geomar III, R/V Almirante Saldanha, st. 208, 04°52' N, 50° 31'30" W, 1971, 118 m.]
Distribution/Habitat – WA (only Brazil Amapá, northern limit in WA); Marine; 118 m.
Remark – It is not clear why “Suriname” is indicated by Rodríguez et al. (2005) in the distribution of Pachycheles rugimanus A. Milne-Edwards, 1880. It possibly comes from ’Guyanas’, indicated in Werding et al. (2003, tab. 1). Until this record is better defined, it seems more prudent to remove Pachycheles rugimanus from Suriname, especially since it could be corrected into P. coelhoi, as for all others ancient records of P. rugimanus in nearby Brazil Amapá (see Azevedo Ferreira de & Tavares, 2019). The geographic distribution of P. rugimanus is limited to North Carolina to Florida, Mexico, Haiti, Dominican Republic, St. Thomas and Virgin Islands (Azevedo Ferreira de & Tavares, 2019: 192).
References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)This species in Worms Database