Epialtus longirostris Stimpson, 1860

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 : 356

Epialtus longirostris Stimpson, 1860

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Epialtus longirostris Stimpson, 1860: 199 (type locality: St Thomas). — A. Milne-Edwards 1873-1880: 141 ( St Thomas). — Rathbun 1925: 150 ( St Thomas).

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Guadeloupe. KARUBENTHOS 2012, 1 sp. MNHN-IU-2013-5967 (lot JL440), st. GR 12, 21 m.

DIAGNOSIS. — Rostrum narrow, truncate at tip. Sides of carapace deeply bilobed. Arms long and cylindrical, hand with thick fingers. On live specimens there is a distinctive triangular white mask on dorso-posterior surface of carapace ( Fig. 2D ).

HABITAT. — On hard bottom, aquatic vegetation, epibionts. Collected 21 m, reported 3- 54 m.

DISTRIBUTION. — Western Atlantic. Florida, Colombia, Cuba, Jamaica. Lesser Antilles VI ( St Thomas), ICA (St Martin*, Guadeloupe). *St Martin from unpublished fieldwork (24.IV.2012, UF32509, UF32510).

REMARK

Type-locality is Lesser Antilles ( St Thomas) but this a first record for Guadeloupe Island.

Figures

FIG. 2. — Epialtinae MacLeay, 1838: A, Acanthonyx petiverii H. Milne Edwards, 1834, 1 ♂ MNHN-IU-2013-5911, st. GM07, 1 m; B, Epialtus bituberculatus H. Milne Edwards, 1834, 1♂ MNHN-IU-2013-5924, st. GM09, 1 m; C, Epialtus dilatatus A. Milne-Edwards,1878, 1 ♀ with Sacculina 15.0 × 12.4 mm MNHN-IU-2013-6615, st. GM11, 1 m; D, Epialtus longirostris Stimpson, 1860, 1 sp. MNHN-IU-2013-5967, st. GR12, 21 m; E, Epialtus portoricensis Rathbun, 1923, 1♀ MNHN-IU-2013-4207, st.GR14, 27 m. Pisinae Dana, 1851:F, Chorinus heros (Herbst,1790),1 ♂ MNHN-IU-2013-6783, st.GM22,1 m; G, Microlissa bicarinata (Aurivillius,1889),1 ♂, MNHN- IU-2013-4446 (lot JL1425-5),st.GB32,4 m;H, Microlissa brasiliensis (Rathbun,1924),1♀ MNHN-IU-2013-13093, st. GD69,60 m;I, Pelia mutica (Gibbes,1850),1♀ ov. MNHN-IU-2013-5663, st.GB36, 16 m; J, Pelia rotunda A.Milne-Edwards,1875,1 ♂ MNHN-IU-2013-4876, st. GR11,13 m. Tychinae Dana, 1851:K, Tyche emarginata White,1847, 1♂ MNHN-IU-2013-4614, st. GS39, 16 m. Inachidae MacLeay,1838.L, Coryrhynchus algicola Stebbing,1914, 1♂ MNHN-IU-2013-4066, st. GR27,8 m; M, Coryrhynchus riisei (Stimpson,1860),1♀ juv.MNHN-IU-2013-5917, st.GR29,20 m;N, Coryrhynchus sidneyi (Rathbun,1924) 1♂ MNHN-IU-2013-5968, st.GR12,21 m.