Inachidae MacLeay, 1838
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Inachidae MacLeay, 1838 |
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Family Inachidae MacLeay, 1838 View in CoL
Only three species of these, the most spider-like of the spider crabs, are regularly reported from the area. Coelho (2006) revised species of the genus Podochela and changed the generic classification of one local species. The Panamic arrow crab, Stenorhynchus debilis ( Smith, 1871) , was reported from Huntington Beach and Santa Catalina I. in 1998, during an El Niño period and might be expected to return again during periods of unusually warm waters ( Montagne & Cadien 2001).
Key to species of family Inachidae View in CoL
1. Merus of outer maxilliped as broad as ischium, palp of moderate size. Carapace with supraocular spine, surface spinous. Leg span rarely more than 30 mm, found on shell hash, gravel or coarse sand............................ Erileptus spinosus View in CoL
– Merus of outer maxilliped narrower than ischium, palp large. Carapace without supraocular spine, surface with tubercles. Leg span often more than 30 mm, usually found on pilings, among algae or on rocks................................... 2
2. Only one tubercle on first abdominal segment. No strap-shaped hepatic spine..................... Ericerodes hemphilli
– Two tubercles on first abdominal segment. Strap-shaped hepatic spine............................. Podochela lobifrons View in CoL
Coelho, P. A. (2006) Revisao de Podochela Stimpson e generos afins nas coastas caribenha e atlantica de America do Sul (Crustacea, Decapoda, Inachidae). Revista Brasiliera de Zoologia, 23, 1 - 18.
MacLeay, W. S. (1838) On the brachyurous Crustacea brought from the Cape by Dr. Smith. In: Smith, A. Illustrations of the Annulosa of South Africa; Being a Portion of the Objects of Natural History Chiefly Collected During an Expedition into the Interior of South Africa, Under the Direction of Dr. Andrew Smith, in the Years 1834, 1835, and 1836; Fitted out by The Cape of Good Hope Association for Exploring Central Africa. Smith, Elder and Company, London, pp. 53 - 71.
Montagne, D. E. & Cadien, D. (2001). Northern range extensions into the Southern California Bight of ten decapod Crustacea related to the 1991 / 92 and 1997 / 98 El Nino Events. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences, 100, 199 - 211.
Smith, S. I. (1871) List of the Crustacea collected by J. A. McNeil in Central America. Report of the Peabody Academy of Science for 1869 and 1870, 87 - 98.
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