Phimochirus holthuisi ( Provenzano, 1961 )

Poupin, Joseph, 2024, A documented checklist of the Crustacea (Stomatopoda, Decapoda) of the southern Guianas (Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil Amapá), European Journal of Taxonomy 954 (1), pp. 1-197 : 89

Phimochirus holthuisi ( Provenzano, 1961)

Pylopagurus holthuisi Provenzano, 1961: 162 , Suriname [in part, Holthuis (1959a) specimens of P. opercultatus , R/V Coquette, May and June 1957, 48–49 m, NHML].

Phimochirus holthuisi – McLaughlin 1981b: tab. 5, Suriname, French Guiana [R/V Pillsbury, stn 684, 14/07/1968, 7°19′ N, 56°51′ W, 55–58 m, stn 650, 8/07/1968, 6°07′ N, 52°19′ W, 84–91 m]. — Rieger 1998: 415, Brazil Amapá. — Melo 1999: 140, Brazil Amapá. — Lima et al. 2019: 51 “Guyanas” [in distribution].

non Pylopagurus operculatus (Stimpson, 1859) – Holthuis 1959a: 157, Suriname [48–49 m] = (in part) Pylopagurus holthuisi sp. nov. in Provenzano (1961: 162).

Distribution/Habitat

WA; marine; 2–91 m to? 218 m.

Remark

Felder et al. (2019) considered that “all Brazilian records of P. holthuisi must be reevaluated to determine the extent to which they indeed may represent P. holthuisi s.s. ”