Comprehensive Description
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Megalobrachium soriatum (Say, 1818)
Porcellana soriata Say. 1818:456.—Leary, 1967:28 [listed].
Porcellanopsis soriata.—Haig, 1956:35.—Côelho, 1966:60.
Megalobrachium soriatum.—Haig. 1960:229.—Williams, 1965:112, fig. 89.—Felder, 1973:32, pl. 4: fig. 12.
MATERIAL EXAMINED.—Galeta Island; 1; 12 Aug 1973.
MEASUREMENTS.—Male 3.0 × 3.0 mm.
DISTRIBUTION.—The species is widely distributed from Isla Contoy, in the Gulf of Mexico, to Florida and along the eastern coast of the United States as far as North Carolina; also Barbados in the eastern Caribbean and Brazil. Haig (1956) reported it for the first time from Panama at Bahia Caledonia based on a single female. The Galeta Island specimen, a male, is thus only the second recording. This small species is apparently quite rare in the southwestern Caribbean, and its recorded occurrences suggest that it may be a continental species; shore to 111 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
