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Plagusia depressa (Fabricius, 1775)
Cancer depressus Fabricius, 1775:406.
Plagusia depressa.—Chace, 1966:647.—Fausto Filho, 1974:15.—Holthuis, Edwards, and Lubbock, 1980:46.—Manning and Holthuis, 1981:239.— Williams, 1984:463, fig. 372.
MATERIAL.—Manning 1971 Collection: Sta ASC-24, south of Collyer Point 5 males [38.1–48.6],3 females [11.2–36.8], 1 ovig. [36.8].—Sta ASC-25, south of Collyer Point: 5 males [14.4–44.0].
Smithsonian 1976 Collection: Sta 1B–76, McArthur Point: 1 male [41.3].—Sta 6B–76, south of Collyer Point: 1 male [49.7].
SIZE.—Carapace lengths of males, 14.4–49.7 mm; of females, 11.2–36.8 mm; of ovigerous female, 36.8 mm.
COLOR.—Mottled brown, silver, and red, and legs banded with these colors; carpus of chelipeds with reticulated brown lines over silver background; fingers of chela white, extremes of tips dark.
HABITAT.—Intertidal on rocky shore, at water level.
DISTRIBUTION.—Amphi-Atlantic; western Atlantic from Bermuda and North Carolina to Brazil; eastern Atlantic from the Azores and Morocco to Angola; central Atlantic from Ascension and St. Helena; littoral.
- bibliographic citation
- 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
