Teleophrys ruber ( Stimpson, 1871 )

Carmona-Suárez, Carlos & Poupin, Joseph, 2016, Majoidea crabs from Guadeloupe Island, with a documented list of species for the Lesser Antilles (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Majoidea), Zoosystema 38 (3), pp. 353-387 : 378

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scientific name	Teleophrys ruber ( Stimpson, 1871 )
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Teleophrys ruber ( Stimpson, 1871)

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Mithraculus ruber Stimpson, 1871: 118 (type locality: Cuba). — Wagner 1990: 53 (St John, St Martin, St Eustatius, Guadeloupe, Tobago, Curaçao, Bonaire). — García et al. 1998: table 1 ( Isla de Aves View in CoL ). — Marcano & Bolaños 2001: 76 (Cubagua). — Lira 2004: table 1 ( Tortuga). — Tagliafico et al. 2005: table 1 (Los Frailes near Margarita). — Hernández-Ávila et al. 2007: table 1 (Cubagua). — Lira et al. 2013: table 1, ( Isla de Aves, Los Frailes View in CoL /Margarita, Cubagua, Los Roques).

Mithraculus nudus A. Milne-Edwards, 1873 -1880: 110 ( Guadeloupe).

Mithrax ruber – Rathbun 1924b: 21 ( Curaçao). — Rodríguez 1980: 289 (Los Roques, Curaçao).

Mithrax (Mithraculus) ruber – Rathbun 1925: 432 ( St Thomas, Antigua, Guadeloupe, Barbados, Curaçao).

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Guadeloupe. KARUBENTHOS 2012, 1♂ lot JL125 (photo only specimen not retrieved), st. GR03, 6 m ; 1 ♂ MNHN-IU-2013-4975 (lot JL470-3), st. GM09, 1 m; 1 ♀, MNHN-IU-2013-4224 (lot JL489-3), st. GM09, 1 m; 1♂ MNHN- IU-2013-4274 (lot JL1419-6), st. GM 34, 1 m ; 1 sp. MNHN- IU-2013-4181, st. GB01, 6 m ; 1 ♂ MNHN-IU-2013-13089 (lot JL1287-5), st. GD 51, 15 m.

DIAGNOSIS. — Dorsal sulci shallow. Three antero-lateral protuberances, all blunt in the old, the last one sharp in the immature. A small lobe on outer margin of basal antennal joint. One lobe on inner margin of arm.

HABITAT. — Associated with sponges and sea anemones. Living on corals, between stones, on algae, hard substrate and rubble, in Thalassia , Rhizophora mangle . Collected 1-15 m, reported 1- 45 m.

DISTRIBUTION. — Western Atlantic. Florida Keys , Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Gulf of Mexico , Colombia, Venezuela. Lesser Antilles VI (St Thomas, St John ), ICA ( St Martin *, St Eustatius , Antigua, Guadeloupe , Isla de Aves, Barbados, Tobago), IOV ( Los Frailes , Margarita , Cubagua , Tortuga, Los Roques, Bonaire, Curaçao). * St Martin from unpublished fieldwork ( UF31916 , 11.IV.2012; UF32280-32342, 19.IV.2012; UF32556, 25.IV.2012, coll. & photos A. Anker / G. Paulay) .

VI	Mykotektet, National Veterinary Institute

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Malacostraca
Order	Decapoda
Family	Majidae
Genus	Teleophrys