Pitho lherminieri (Desbonne, 1867)

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 : 376

Pitho lherminieri

(Desbonne, in Desbonne & Schramm, 1867) ( Fig. 8H )

Othonia lherminieri Desbonne , in Desbonne & Schramm, 1867: 20 (type locality: Guadeloupe). — A. Milne-Edwards 1873-1880: 116 ( St Thomas, Guadeloupe).

Pitho lherminieri – Rathbun 1925: 362 ( St Thomas, St Croix, Guadeloupe, Martinique). — Monod 1939: 566 ( Guadeloupe). — Rodríguez 1980: 275 (Los Roques, Margarita). — Hernández et al 1999: table 2 (Margarita). — Marcano & Bolaños 2001: 74 (Cubagua). — Lira 2004: table 1 ( Tortuga). — Hernández-Ávila et al. 2007: table 1 (Cubagua).

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Guadeloupe. KARUBENTHOS 2012, 1 ♂ MNHN-IU-2013-4185, st. GB01, 6 m ; 1 ♂, MNHN- IU-2013-6733 (lot JL1067-1), st. GB 20, 16 m ; 2 ♂, 1 ♀, 1 ov. ♀ MNHN-IU-2013-5953 (lot JL424), st. GD08, 35 m; 3 ♂, 2 ♀ juv. MNHN-IU-2013-5966, st. GD 29, 4 m; 1 ♂ MNHN- IU-2013-5058 (lot JL1128-4), st. GD 41, 2 m ; 1 ♀ juv. MNHN- IU-2013-13088 (lot JL1287-4), st. GD 51, 15 m ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 1 ov. ♀ MNHN-IU-2013-14650 (lot JL55-2), 1 ♀ MNHN-IU-2013-5921 (lot JL54), st. GR01, 3 m; 1 ♂, 2 ♀ MNHN-IU-2013-6805 (lot JL1166), st. GR 38, 5 m; 1 ♂ MNHN-IU-2013-4536 (lot JL1400-5), st. GR 50, 4 m; 6♂ MNHN-IU-2013-4956 (lot JL5b), st. GS01, 3 m.

DIAGNOSIS. — First movable segment of antenna narrow, manus broad, compressed. Carapace with tubercles of different size. Fourth and fifth lateral teeth much reduced in females and young males, rudimentary in old males; second and third teeth united at base.

HABITAT. — On Thalassia and Halophila stipulacea , mud, sand, shell sand, rock, coral and loose rubble. Collected 2-35 m, reported 1- 220 m.

DISTRIBUTION. — Western Atlantic. North Carolina (Beaufort), Bahamas, Gulf of Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela to Brazil. Lesser Antilles VI ( St Thomas, St Croix), ICA (Guadeloupe, Martinique), IOV (Margarita, Cubagua, Tortuga, Los Roques).

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FIG. 8. — Mithracidae (Windsor & Felder, 2014): A, Nemausa cornuta (Saussure, 1857), 1♂ MNHN-IU-2013-4433, st. GR33, 9 m; B, Nemausa?cornuta, 1 juv. MNHN-IU-2013-6787, st. GD64, 60 m; C, Nemausa acuticornis (Stimpson, 1871), Martinique, 1♂ coll. R. Ferry, n°52 BIOSPHERES Fort de France, XI.2015; D, Omalacantha antillensis (Rathbun, 1920), 1♂ MNHN-IU-2013-4420 (lot JL1499-7), st. GB36, 16 m; E, Omalacantha bicornuta (Latreille, 1825), 1 ♂ MNHN- IU-2013-6622, st. GM10, 1 m; F, Pitho aculeata (Gibbes, 1850), 1 ♀ MNHN-IU-2013-6731, st. GB29, 2 m; G, Pitho?laevigata (or P. lherminieri [Desbonne, in Desbonne & Schramm,1867]),1 ♂ MNHN-IU-2013-4760, st.GM06,1 m;H, Pitho lherminieri, 1♂ MNHN-IU-2013-4536, st.GR50,4 m; I, Pitho mirabilis (Herbst,1794), 1 ♀ juv.MNHN-IU-2013-5949, st. GB36,16 m; J, Teleophrys ruber (Stimpson, 1871), 1 ♂ no MNHN (lot JL125), st. GR03, 6 m; K, Thoe puella Stimpson,1860,1 ♂ MNHN-IU-2013-4256 (lot JL489-5), st. GM09, 1 m. Majidae Samouelle, 1819: L, Temnonotus granulosus A. Milne-Edwards, 1875, 1 ♀ MNHN-IU-2013-4422, no station number,coll. D. Lamy,trap 300 m; M, Thersandrus compressus (Desbonne,in Desbonne & Schramm,1867), 1♀ juv.MNHN-IU-2013-5915, st.GR14,27 m.