Chorinus heros (Herbst, 1790)

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 : 356-358

Chorinus heros (Herbst, 1790)

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Cancer heros Herbst, 1790 (1782-1804): vol. 1, pl. 18, fig. 102; vol. 2: 165, pl. 42, fig. 1 (type locality: “Der Ocean”).

Chorinus heros – H. Milne Edwards 1834 -1840: 315 (Antilles). — Desbonne in Desbonne & Schramm 1867: 18 ( Guadeloupe). — A. Milne-Edwards 1873-1880: 86 ( Guadeloupe, Martinique, Barbados). — Rathbun 1925: 305 (St Croix, Barbados). — Rodríguez 1980: 283 (Margarita). — Marcano & Bolaños 2001: 73 (Cubagua). — Hernández-Ávila et al. 2007: 44 (Cubagua).

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Guadeloupe. KARUBENTHOS 2012, 1♂ MNHN-IU-2013-6783 (lot JL1004), st. GM 22, 1 m.

DIAGNOSIS. — Carapace oval with two long horns, connected by a sieve-like channel of long hairs. Chelipeds of male very long and stout. Legs of first pair long, of second, third, and fourth pairs short.

HABITAT. — On shell, rocks, coral and sandy bottoms. Collected 1 m, reported 1- 50 m.

DISTRIBUTION. — Western Atlantic. Florida Keys, Bermuda, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Hispaniola (Haiti-Dominican Republic), Mexico (Quintana Roo, Isla Mujeres), Colombia, Brazil. Lesser Antilles VI (St Croix), ICA (Guadeloupe, Martinique, Barbados), IOV (Margarita, Cubagua).

REMARK

This species seems to be common in Lesser Antilles, already collected in several places before KARUBENTHOS 2012.

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.