Albunea paretii Guérin Méneville, 1853

Boyko, Christopher B., 2010, New records and taxonomic data for 14 species of sand crabs (Crustacea: Anomura: Albuneidae) from localities worldwide, Zootaxa 2555, pp. 49-61 : 57

Albunea paretii Guérin Méneville, 1853

( Figs. 1 D, E, 2E–G)

Albunea paretii . — Rodrigues, 1971: 209. — Abele & Kim, 1986: x (list, part), 38 (part), 427 (key, part). — Coelho et al., 1990: 26 (list). — Manning & Chace, 1990: 75 (list, part). — Levy & Miller, 1991: 10. — Camp, 1998: 144 (list, part). — Boschi, 2000: 65 (list, part). — Boyko, 2002: 327 –336, figs. 104, 105 (full synonymy). — Markham & Boyko, 2003: 4, 5. — Nizinski, 2003: 117 (part), 157. — McLaughlin et al., 2005: 240 (list, part). — Coelho et al., 2007: 9 (list), 11 (distribution, southwestern Atlantic only). — Hernández-Ávila et al., 2007: 38 (list). — Felder et al., 2009: 1069 (list). — Boyko & Williams, 2009: 211.

not Albunea paretii . — Abele & Kim, 1986: x (list, part), 38 (part), 427 (key, part), 428–429 fig. d–g. — Manning & Chace, 1990: 75 (list, part). — McLaughlin & Lemaitre, 1997: 92, fig. 10g. — Camp, 1998: 144 (list, part). — de Melo, 1999: 278 –279, 189–190. — Boschi, 2000: 65 (list, part). — Nizinski, 2003: 117 (part). — Jeffries & Voris, 2004: 175, 185. — McLaughlin et al., 2005: 240 (list, part) (= Albunea catherinae Boyko, 2002 ).

not Albunea paretii . — Manning & Chace, 1990: 75 (list, part). — Nizinski, 2003: 117 (part) (= Albunea elegans A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1898 ).

Material examined. Panama (Atlantic): Bocas del Toro, Isla Colon, Boca del Drago, sand flat (yabby pump), 1 m, coll. A. Anker and I. Martin, 30 Apr 2007: 1 female, 8.3 mm cl ( FLMNH UF 20177).

Distribution. Bermuda and the Florida Keys south throughout the Caribbean and Central America to Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, in 0–101 m ( Boyko 2002).

Colouration. Carapace, eyes, antennae, and abdomen all generally uniform tan with hints of iridescence and lighter areas along carapace grooves and where setae inserted; antennae with alternating light and dark thin bands along flagellae; pereopods with iridescent sheen on light tan ground colour; setae light tan ( Fig. 1 D, E).

Remarks. This specimen is referable to A. paretii , and agrees with that species in all aspects, including ocular peduncle/carapace length ratios, carapace grooves, and dactylus shapes of pereopods II–IV ( Figs. 2 E, G). The species has been reported from Panama previously ( Boyko 2002).

Figures

FIGURE 2. Albunea bulla Boyko, 2002 (BPBM S 12265), male, 17.5 mm cl: A, dactylus of right pereopod II; B, dactylus of left pereopod III; C, dactylus of left pereopod IV; D, telson. Albunea paretii Guérin-Méneville, 1853 (FLMNH UF 20177), female, 8.3 mm CL: E, dactylus of right pereopod II; F, dactylus of left pereopod III; G, dactylus of left pereopod IV (tip broken). Albunea catherinae Boyko, 2002 (USNM 1138908), female, 12.1 mm CL: H, dactylus of right pereopod II; I, dactylus of left pereopod III; J, dactylus of right pereopod IV. Scale bars = 1 mm.

FIGURE 1. A, B, Albunea elioti Benedict, 1904 (FLMNH UF 23345), male, 14.6 mm CL; C, Albunea bulla Boyko, 2002 (BPBM S 12265), male, 17.5 mm CL; D, E, Albunea paretii Guérin-Méneville, 1853 (FLMNH UF 20177), female, 8.3 mm CL; F, G, Albunea catherinae Boyko, 2002 (USNM 1138908), female, 12.1 mm CL. All photographs by Arthur Anker, except A by Kurt Kawamoto, all specimens photographed shortly after collection.