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Decapoda - Brachyura - Raninidae - Ranilia

Ranilia muricata H. Milne Edwards, 1837

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World Distribution
(Tavares & Mendonça 2022, Zootaxa) - North Carolina, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, and Brazil (Pernambuco, Davis Bank in the Vitória–Trindade Seamount Chain, and Trindade Island) (Melo 1996; Serejo et al. 2006; Felder et al. 2009; Tavares et al. 2017).

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Soft bottom (mud or sand)

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 9-102 m

Lesser Antilles data
Ranilia muricata - Tavares & Mendonça 2022, Zootaxa: 21 - Martinique: 1 female (MZUSP 17301), R/V “Le Noroit”, IGMAR 2 Expedition, stn BI-246, 14°52.68700’N, 61°06.12000’W, 1993, volcanic sand [J. Poupin don.]. 1 female (MZUSP 17339), ibidem, stn BI-243, 14°53.31700’N, 61°07.6500’W, 1993, volcanic sand [J. Poupin don.]. 1 female (MZUSP 17331), IGMAR 3 Expedition, stn 415, 14°55.59’N, 61°05.13’W, IFREMER coll., 13.ix.1994, dredge [J. Poupin don.].

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

This species in Worms Database