Ozius reticulatus (Desbonne in Desbonne & Schramm, 1867)

Parasram, Nadeshinie, Santana, William & Vallès, Henri, 2023, Checklist of the shallow-water marine Brachyura (Crustacea: Decapoda) of Barbados, West Indies, Zootaxa 5314 (1), pp. 1-62 : 14

Ozius reticulatus (Desbonne in Desbonne & Schramm, 1867)

( Fig. 6A )

Lagostoma reticulata Desbonne in Desbonne & Schramm, 1867: 34, pl. 4, fig. 6 [type-locality: Guadeloupe; type probably in MCZ]; Carré 2005: 23.

Ozius integer Smith, 1871: 89 .

Ozius reticulatus . — A. Milne-Edwards 1873 –1881: 278, pl. 55, fig. 3; Rathbun 1897: 15; Nutting 1919: 77; Rathbun 1920: 23; 1921: 72; 1924: 16; 1930: 542; 1933: 74; 1936: 386; Rodríguez 1980: 369; Scelzo & Varela 1988: 37; García & Capote 2015: 5, fig. 3i; Poupin 2018: 178, fig. 61a.

Distribution. Western Atlantic: Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica, St. John, St. Croix, St. Martin, Guadeloupe, Isla de Aves, Martinique, Barbados, Isla de Blanquilla, Isla de Margarita, Isla de Cubagua, Tortuga, Bonaire, and Curaçao ( Rathbun 1897; García & Capote 2015; Poupin 2018).

Material examined. Barbados, Drill Hall , St. Michael, nearshore rubble, 13°04’36.30” N, 59°36’26.63” W, 1 ♀ CW: 20.4 mm ( BLSZ 124 ) . Rockley , Christ Church, 13°04’26.59” N, 59°35’57.83” W, 1 Ô CW: 16.8 mm ( BLSZ 031 ) . Coconut Court , Christ Church, nearshore rubble, 13°04’31.59” N, 59°36’13.78” W, 3 Ô CW: 13.01, 21.6, 10.4 mm ( BLSZ 154 ) . Idem , 1 ♀ (juv.) CW: 10.4 mm ( BLSZ 247 ) . Idem , 1 Ô CW: 10.4 mm ( MZUSP 40883 ) .

Remarks. Specimens of Ozius reticulatus were collected by hand in nearshore rubble habitat at low tide. These crabs were caught in the high intertidal (splash) zone on the west coast of Barbados under rubble rocks. Rathbun (1921: 72) reported one female specimen of Ozius reticulatus collected from Barbados during the Barbados-Antigua Expedition in 1918 (USNM 75968). Another specimen was collected by Nutting, during the same expedition (one male, USNM 69041). This species is very abundant on the south coast, but no specimens were collected from the east or west coasts of Barbados.

Figures

FIGURE 6. Superfamilies Eriphioidea MacLeay, 1838 and Leucosioidea Samouelle, 1819, dorsal habitus: A, Ozius reticulatus (Desbonne in Desbonne & Schramm, 1867), female (juv.), cw 20.3 mm (BLSZ 247); B, Uhlias limbatus Stimpson, 1871, male, cw 6.2 mm (BLSZ 193); C, Uhlias limbatus frontal view of carapace. Scale bars: 20 mm (A); 5 mm (B); 1 mm (C).