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Megalobrachium poeyi (Guérin, 1855)
Porcellana poeyi Guérin-Méneville, 1855: pl. 2: fig. 4; 1857a: xvi; 1857b:xxxix, pl. 2: fig. 4.
Megalobrachium poeyi.—Benedict, 1901:136, pl. 3: fig. 8.—Abele and Gore, 1973:105,—Gore, 1974:704 [not Haig. 1960:213, 214, 339, 340, pl. 16: fig. 4, pl. 39: fig. 1 (=M. pacificum Gore and Abele, 1974)].
MATERIAL EXAMINED.—Galeta Island; 2 , ; 23 Nov 1971 and 22 May 1972, respectively.
MEASUREMENTS.—Males 3.4 × 3.6, 3.8 × 4.3 mm, female 3.3 × 3.5 mm.
DISTRIBUTION.—Widely distributed from eastern central Florida throughout the eastern Caribbean to Brazil, the species has only rarely been collected in Panama. Megalobrachium poeyi has been collected from the intertidal zone to depths of 46 m.
- bibliographic citation
- Gore, Robert H. and Abele, Lawrence G. 1976. "Shallow water porcelain crabs from the Pacific coast of Panamá and adjacent Caribbean waters (Crustacea, Anomura, Porcellanidae)." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-30. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.237
Comprehensive Description
provided by Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology
Megalobrachium poeyi (Guérin-Méneville, 1855)
Megalobrachium poeyi.—Gore and Abele, 1974:57Off, fig. 3E.—Werding, 1977:175, 181, 183, fig. 5; 1978b:215.
MATERIAL EXAMINED.—PANAMA, Atlantic, Limón Bay, Fort Sherman (sta 127-1), 1, 1.
MEASUREMENTS.—2.5 × 2.7 and 3.8 × 4.3 mm.
DISTRIBUTION.—Eastern central Florida and the Caribbean Sea to Brazil; littoral to 46 m.
- bibliographic citation
- Gore, Robert H. 1982. "Porcellanid crabs from the coasts of Mexico and Central America (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura)." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-34. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.363
Depth range
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Shallow to deep-waters (e.g. 10-190 m)
Poupin, J. (2018). Les Crustacés décapodes des Petites Antilles: Avec de nouvelles observations pour Saint-Martin, la Guadeloupe et la Martinique. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, 264 p. (Patrimoines naturels ; 77).
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Habitat
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Hard bottom (rock and rubbles)
Poupin, J. (2018). Les Crustacés décapodes des Petites Antilles: Avec de nouvelles observations pour Saint-Martin, la Guadeloupe et la Martinique. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, 264 p. (Patrimoines naturels ; 77).
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