Achelous tumidulus Stimpson, 1871a
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Achelous tumidulus Stimpson, 1871a View in CoL View at ENA
( Fig. 27B, E View FIGURE 27 )
Acheloüs tumidulus Stimpson, 1871a: 149 View in CoL [Type locality: West of Tortugas and off Conch Reef, Florida].
Trindade and Martin Vaz specimens. 1 juvenile ( MZUSP 40252 View Materials ), Brazil , off Espírito Santo , Trindade Island, Praia da Calheta, 20°30’29.5”S, 29°18’37.0”W, D. Abatte et al. coll., 23.vii.2011 GoogleMaps . 1 juvenile ( MZUSP 40182 View Materials ), ibidem, 20°30’24.04”S, 29°20’47.86”W, Thiony-Lucas coll., 30.i.2012, rocks, 32 m GoogleMaps . 1 ovigerous female ( MZUSP 41419 View Materials ), Trindade Island , R/V “Marion Dufresne”, TAAF MD55/ Brésil Expedition, stn 36 DC61, 20°29.2’S, 29°18.2’W, 22.v.1987, 63 m GoogleMaps . 1 juvenile female ( MZUSP 40177 View Materials ), Martin Vaz Archipelago , 20º30’45.7’’S, 29º18’21.9’’W, J.B. Mendonça coll., 23.vii.2013, 13 m GoogleMaps .
Size of largest female: cl 10.5 mm, cw 16 mm.
Comparative material examined. Achelous tumidulus : United States: Florida: 1 male, 1 female ( MZUSP 9402 View Materials ), Cape Canaveral, R /V “Combat”, stn 119, 29º52’N, 80º11’W, 16.ix. 1956, 360 m [F.A. Chace det., don., 1957]. GoogleMaps Brazil: Espírito Santo: 1 ovigerous female ( MZUSP 21201 View Materials ), Vitória – Trindade Seamount Chain, R /V “Marion Dufresne”, TAAF MD55/ Brésil Expedition, Dogaressa Bank, stn 24 DC42, 20º54.67’S, 34º01.35’W, 17.v.1987, 60 m GoogleMaps . 1 juvenile ( MZUSP 41466 View Materials ), ibidem, Columbia Bank, stn 27 DC47, 20º41’S, 32º12.85’W, 19.v.1987, 94–105 m. GoogleMaps São Paulo: 1 male ( MZUSP 8082 View Materials ) , Ubatuba, R/V “Veliger II”, Projeto Integrado, stn 23, 23º47’S, 45º13’W, 19.iv.1986, 36 m.
Distribution. Bermuda, South Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Antilles, Caribbean, Guyana and Brazil (Par to Bahia, Espírito Santo, São Paulo, Santa Catarina) ( Rodriguez 1980; Melo 1996; Felder et al 2009). This is the first record of A. tumidulus from the Vitória–Trindade Seamount Chain (Dogaressa and Columbia banks) and the Trindade and Martin Vaz Archipelago.
Ecological notes. Achelous tumidulus inhabits sand, coral and rocky bottoms ( Melo 1996) and vegetated habitats dominated by Thalassia testudinum mixed with Syringodium filiforme , Halimeda opuntia , H. incrassata , Penicillus capitatus and Udotea flabellum ( Rathbun 1930; Park 1969; Heck & Weinstein 1989), between 1 m and 75 m. It is preyed by a number of juvenile fish species ( Heck & Weinstein 1989) and also by the cobia fish Rachycentron canadus (Linnaeus) ( Hamilton et al. 2019).
Remarks. Achelous tumidulus ( Fig. 27B, E View FIGURE 27 ), originally described in Achelous , was later combined to Cronius Stimpson, 1860 by Rathbun (1920). Afterwards, Rathbun (1930) formally synonymized Cronius bispinosus Miers, 1886 (type locality: Bahia, Brazil) with Achelous tumidulus Stimpson, 1871a , while keeping the Stimpson’s species in Cronius . More recently, Mantelatto et al. (2009) returned C. tumidulus to Achelous .
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Achelous tumidulus Stimpson, 1871a
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Acheloüs tumidulus
Stimpson, W. 1871: 149 |