Pitho mirabilis (Herbst, 1794)

Carmona-Suárez, Carlos & Poupin, Joseph, 2016, Majoidea crabs from Guadeloupe Island, with a documented list of species for the Lesser Antilles (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Majoidea), Zoosystema 38 (3), pp. 353-387 : 376-377

Pitho mirabilis (Herbst, 1794)

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Cancer mirabilis Herbst, 1794 (1782-1804): 152 (type locality: not indicated).

Pitho mirabilis – Rathbun 1925: 366 ( Guadeloupe). — Rodríguez 1980: 273 ( Guadeloupe, Curaçao).

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Guadeloupe. KARUBENTHOS 2012, 1♂ MNHN-IU-2013-4442 (lot JL1425-1), st. GB 32, 4 m ; 2 ♂ MNHN-

IU-2013-4415 (lot JL1499-3), 1 ♀ juv. MNHN-IU-2013-5949 (lot JL1509-2), st. GB 36, 16 m; 1 ♂ MNHN-IU-2013-5965 (lot JL300), st. GR06, 15 m.

DIAGNOSIS. — Carapace swollen, as broad as long, covered with fine bead granules. Lateral teeth diminishing in size from the anterior to the posterior, their edges denticulate.

HABITAT. — Thalassia beds and other aquatic vegetation, soft substrate, rubble. Collected 4-16 m, reported previously 1-‘shallow’ m

DISTRIBUTION. — Western Atlantic. Florida Keys, Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Venezuela. Lesser Antilles ICA (St Martin*, Guadeloupe), IOV ( Curaçao). *St Martin from unpublished fieldwork (UF31923, 2012, det. A. Anker).

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FIG. 8. — Mithracidae (Windsor & Felder, 2014): A, Nemausa cornuta (Saussure, 1857), 1♂ MNHN-IU-2013-4433, st. GR33, 9 m; B, Nemausa?cornuta, 1 juv. MNHN-IU-2013-6787, st. GD64, 60 m; C, Nemausa acuticornis (Stimpson, 1871), Martinique, 1♂ coll. R. Ferry, n°52 BIOSPHERES Fort de France, XI.2015; D, Omalacantha antillensis (Rathbun, 1920), 1♂ MNHN-IU-2013-4420 (lot JL1499-7), st. GB36, 16 m; E, Omalacantha bicornuta (Latreille, 1825), 1 ♂ MNHN- IU-2013-6622, st. GM10, 1 m; F, Pitho aculeata (Gibbes, 1850), 1 ♀ MNHN-IU-2013-6731, st. GB29, 2 m; G, Pitho?laevigata (or P. lherminieri [Desbonne, in Desbonne & Schramm,1867]),1 ♂ MNHN-IU-2013-4760, st.GM06,1 m;H, Pitho lherminieri, 1♂ MNHN-IU-2013-4536, st.GR50,4 m; I, Pitho mirabilis (Herbst,1794), 1 ♀ juv.MNHN-IU-2013-5949, st. GB36,16 m; J, Teleophrys ruber (Stimpson, 1871), 1 ♂ no MNHN (lot JL125), st. GR03, 6 m; K, Thoe puella Stimpson,1860,1 ♂ MNHN-IU-2013-4256 (lot JL489-5), st. GM09, 1 m. Majidae Samouelle, 1819: L, Temnonotus granulosus A. Milne-Edwards, 1875, 1 ♀ MNHN-IU-2013-4422, no station number,coll. D. Lamy,trap 300 m; M, Thersandrus compressus (Desbonne,in Desbonne & Schramm,1867), 1♀ juv.MNHN-IU-2013-5915, st.GR14,27 m.