Xanthidae MacLeay, 1838

Alves, Maria De Lourdes, Ramos-Porto, Marilena & Viana, Girlene Fábia Segundo, 2008, Checklist of the Decapods (Crustacea) from the Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, Brazil, Zootaxa 1881, pp. 43-68 : 62-63

Family Xanthidae MacLeay, 1838

Actaea acantha (H. Milne Edwards, 1834)

Diagnosis: Melo, 1996:339.

Previous records: Pocock, 1890:511[as Lophactaea lobata (Milne Edwards, 1834) ]; Coelho and Ramos, 1972:189; Fausto Filho, 1974:12; Abele and Kim, 1986:55; Melo, 1996:339, 1998:481; Coelho et al., 2002:441; Melo and Veloso, 2005:800.

Examined material: JAN/2000: Praia do Leão, 2 exuvias.

Habitat: Generally on rocks; under seaweed, in bottom sandy.

Cataleptodius floridanus (Gibbes, 1850)

Diagnosis: Melo, 1996: 343.

Previous records: Rathbun, 1930:297; Coelho and Ramos, 1972:190; Fausto Filho, 1974:12 [as Leptodius floridanus (Gibbes, 1850) ]; Melo, 1996: 343, 1998:482; Coelho et al., 2002:441.

Examined material: NOV/91: Praia do Porto, 1 exuvia. DEC/91: Praia da Atalaia, 1 male. APR/92: Praia da Atalaia, 2 males, 3 females (1 ovigerous). JUL/92: Baía do Sueste, 1 male. AUG/92: Baía do Sueste, 2 males, 1 female (ovigerous). NOV/92: Praia do Porto, 1 female (ovigerous). FEB/93: Praia do Porto, 2 males. MAR/93: Praia da Caieira, 1 male, 1 female. JAN/2000: Praia da Caieira, 1 male.

Habitat: Generally on rocks; under seaweed, in bottom sandy.

Cataleptodius parvulus (Fabricius, 1793)

Diagnosis: Melo, 1996:395 [as Xanthodius parvulus (Fabricius, 1793) ]

Previous records: Pocock, 1890:511 [as Leptodius americanus (Saussure, 1858) ]; Fausto Filho, 1974:12 [as Leptodius parvulus (Fabricius, 1773) ]; Melo, 1996: 395, 1998:491; Coelho et al., 2002:441.

Examined material: JUL/92: Baía do Sueste, 4 males. AUG/92: Baía do Sueste, 1 male, 1 female. DEC/ 92: Praia do Cachorro, 2 males, 1 female. DEC/92: Praia da Conceição, 1 female (ovigerous). DEC/92: Praia da Caieira, 1 male, 1 female. FEB/93: Praia da Conceição, 5 males. MAR/93: Praia do Porto, 1 male. AUG/ 93: Praia do Boldró, 1 male. OCT/93: Praia do Porto, 3 males. JAN/2000: Praia da Caieira: 3 females.

Habitat: On rocks; in bottoms sand-slimy and sand-muddy.

Observation: Brownish coloration.

Platypodiella spectabilis (Herbst, 1794)

Diagnosis: Melo, 1996:388.

Previous records: Pocock, 1890:511 [as Lophactaea lobata Milne Edwards, 1862 ]; Rathbun, 1930:247; Coelho and Ramos, 1972:189; Fausto Filho, 1974:11 [as Platypodia spectabilis (Herbst, 1794) ]; Melo, 1996: 388, 1998:490; Coelho et al., 2002:441; Melo and Veloso, 2005:800.

Examined material: AUG/92: Praia da Conceição, 1 male. SEP/92: Praia da Conceição, 2 exuvias. NOV/ 92: Praia do Boldró, 1 male. MAR/93: Baía do Sueste, 1 male, 1 female (ovigerous).

Habitat: Under coral; on rocks; in bottom sand-muddy.

Observation: Coloration orange with white and yellowish spots.

Xanthodius americanus (Saussure, 1858) Diagnosis: Guinot, 1968:712

Previous record: Coelho and Ramos, 1972:190.