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Hippa testudinaria (Herbst, 1791)

Cancer testudinarius Herbst,1791:8, pl. 22: fig. 4.

Remipes scutellatus.—White, 1847:57 [part].—Miers,1878:314,3l9 [part].— Benedict. 1893:539. [Not Hippa scutellata Fabricius,1793.]

Hippa testudinaria.—Holthuis and Manning, 1970:251.

Hippa cubensis.—Fausto Filho, 1974:10.

MATERIAL.—Manning 1971 Collection: Sta ASC-3, McArthur Point: 7 males [13.0–15.6], 9 females [10.6–24.6], 7 ovig. [17.6–24.6].—Sta ASC-5, North East Bay: 6 males [10.2– 15.1], 1 ovig. female [13.9].—Sta ASC-12, McArthur Point 4 males [14.5–16.0], 7 females [11.6–22.2], 3 ovig. [16.8–21.3].

Smithsonian 1976 Collection: Sta 1D–76, McArthur Point 13 males [13.1–15.8], 8 females [11.6–22.5], 1 ovig. [20.0].— Sta 9A–76, North East Bay: 5 males [12.8–14.2], 6 females [12.7–19.4], 5 ovig. [16.9–19.4].

Operation Origin: Site 8, South West Bay: 1 male [13.4].

Other Collections: Ascension Island, U.S. Eclipse Expedition to West Africa, 1889–1890, Wm. Harvey Brown: 1 male [15.8], 1 female [19.6].—Ascension Island, Admiralty, H.M.S. Chanticleer: 1 male [15.8], 3 ovig. females [17.5–21.9] (BMNH 149c–e).—Ascension Island, from intertidal zone, almost on the breakers, R.A. Davies.Oct 1965: 1 dry specimen [15.7] (BMNH 1965.12.7.2).—Ascension Island, Mr. Hannay (Fort Hayes Museum): 3 males [13.3–14.5], 3 females [14.7–22.2], 2 ovig. [14.7–21.1] (BMNH 1973:130).— Vickrey (1964), South West Bay: 1 male [14.3], 7 females [14.6–20.4], 6 ovig. [15.3–20.4].—Georgetown Bay, May 1961: 1 male [14.6], 2 females [16.9–19.4].—Near Georgetown: 1 dry female [20.0].—Jourdan (1977), Long Beach: 2 females [17.9–25.5], 1 ovig. [25.5].

SIZE.—Carapace lengths of males, 10.2–16.0 mm; of females, 10.6–25.5 mm; of ovigerous females, 13.9–25.5 mm.

HABITAT.—Burrowing intertidally on open sand beaches.

DISTRIBUTION.—Western Atlantic, from Bermuda and Florida to Brazil; central Atlantic from Ascension Island; on sand beaches, in surf zone.
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Manning, Raymond B. and Chace, Fenner Albert, Jr. 1990. "Decapod and stomatopod crustaceans from Ascension Island, south Atlantic Ocean." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-91. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.503

Depth range

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Shallow-waters (0-100 m)

Reference

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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Distribution

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Florida Keys & Caribbean to Brazil

Reference

Haig, J., T. Murugan & N. Balakrishnan Nair (1986). Hippa indica, a new species of mole crab (Decapoda, Anomura, Hippidae) from the south west coast of India. Crustaceana, 51(3): 286-292.

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Habitat

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Soft bottom (mud or sand)

Reference

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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