Macrocoeloma nodipes (Desbonne, 1867)

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 : 359-361

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5252/z2016n3a5
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scientific name	Macrocoeloma nodipes
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Macrocoeloma nodipes

(Desbonne in Desbonne & Schramm, 1867) ( Fig. 5G View FIG )

Pericera nodipes Desbonne in Desbonne & Schramm, 1867: 15 (type locality: Guadeloupe).

Macrocoeloma trispinosum nodipes – Rathbun 1925: 468 (Guadeloupe, Antigua).

? Macrocoeloma trispinosum variety – Rathbun 1925 ( St Thomas, Curaçao; pl. 168, fig. 1, see comment).

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Guadeloupe. KARUBENTHOS 2012, 1♂ MNHN-IU-2013-4312 (lot JL120; first identification as M. trispinosum ), st. GB01, 6 m ; 1 ♂, 1♀ juv. MNHN-IU-2013-5955 (lot JL1439), st. GD 66, 33 m.

DIAGNOSIS. — Postero-lateral projections very broad laminate, margins continuous with those of carapace. Four dorsal bosses smoothly rounded.

HABITAT. — Habitat not indicated, probably coral and rubble. Collected 6-33 m, reported 0-48 m (0-26 fathoms).

DISTRIBUTION ( Rathbun 1925). — Western Atlantic. North Carolina, Florida Keys, Bermudas, Gulf of Mexico, Brazil. Lesser Antilles VI (? St Thomas), ICA ( Antigua, Guadeloupe, Martinique*), IOV (? Curaçao). * Martinique from unpublished fieldwork, (XI.2015, coll. R. Ferry, Y. Buske, det. J. Poupin, specimen in BIOSPHERES, University of Fort de France).

REMARKS

Type-locality is Guadeloupe. The type was not located in Paris MNHN (J. Poupin, April, 2014). It should be n° 48 in box of Desbonne dry collection. The box was located but n°48 was missing and indicated as such on a label. Macrocoeloma nodipes is related to M. trispinosum ( Latreille, 1825) , considered as a subspecies by Rathbun (1925). Felder et al. (2009, note 302) made no attempt to segregate the 2 to 3 varieties commonly noted for M. trispinosum . Based on specimens collected during KARUBENTHOS 2012 it appears that in M. nodipes the rostral horns are shorter and larger and the postero lateral spines are larger than in the M. trispinosum typical. The specimen illustrated in Rathbun (1925, pl. 168, fig. 1) as M. trispinosum variety with this comment “a form that links the subspecies nodipes to the typical trispinosum ” seems to be M. nodipes .

Macrocoeloma subparallelum ( Stimpson, 1860) ( Fig. 5H View FIG )

Pericera subparallela Stimpson, 1860: 186 (type locality: St Thomas). — A. Milne-Edwards 1873-1880: 54 ( St Thomas, Guadeloupe).

Pericera Vilpini Desbonne in Desbonne & Schramm, 1867: 12 ( Guadeloupe).

Macrocoeloma subparellelum – Rathbun 1925: 480 ( St Thomas, Guadeloupe, Barbados).— Monod 1939: 561 ( Guadeloupe).— Scelzo & Varela 1988: 36 (Blanquilla). — Lira et al. 2013: table 1 (Blanquilla).

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Guadeloupe. KARUBENTHOS 2012, 1♂ MNHN-IU-2013-13081 ( JL355-2 ), st. GM07, 1 m ; 1 ♂ MNHN-IU-2013-4961 ( JL396-3 ), st. GM08, 1 m.

DIAGNOSIS. — Rostral horns subparallel. A row of seven short spines or sharp tubercles on the dorsum between the postero-lateral angles. Posterior part of carapace eroded.

HABITAT. — Found at low tide on rocky shores, coral reefs, sandy bottoms, algae. Collected 1 m, reported 1- 25 m.

DISTRIBUTION. — Western Atlantic. Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, Puerto Rico, Gulf of Mexico, Colombia (Old Providence), Venezuela, Brazil. Lesser Antilles VI ( St Thomas), ICA (Guadeloupe, Barbados), IOV (Blanquilla).

Macrocoeloma trispinosum ( Latreille, 1825) ( Fig. 5 View FIG I-J)

Pisa trispinosa Latreille, 1825: 142 View in CoL (type locality ‘ Nouvelle Hollande?’; erroneous).

Pericera trispinosa – H. Milne Edwards 1834 -1840: 336 (Antilles). — A. Milne-Edwards 1873-1880: 52 (Antilles).

Macrocoeloma trispinosum – Rathbun 1924b: 21 ( Curaçao); 1925: 466 ( St Thomas, Antigua, St Lucia, Curaçao). — Scelzo & Varela 1988: 36 (Blanquilla). — Marcano & Bolaños 2001: 79 (Cubagua). — Hernández et al. 1999: table 2 (Margarita). — Lira 2004: table 1 ( Tortuga).— Carré 2005: 23 (Martinique). — Hernández- Ávila et al. 2007: table 1 (Cubagua). — Lira et al. 2013: table 1 (Margarita, Cubagua, Los Roques, Tortuga, Blanquilla).

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Guadeloupe. KARUBENTHOS 2012, 1 ♂ MNHN-IU-2013-5914 (lot JL178), st. GB01, 6 m ; 1♀ juv. MNHN-IU-2013-5952 (lot JL571), st. GB09, 6 m; 1 sp. MNHN-IU-2013-4273 (lot JL1419-5), st. GM 34, 1 m; 1♀ ov. MNHN-IU-2013-5912 (lot JL576), st. GR 17, 13 m; 1♂ MNHN-IU-2013-5962 (lot JL883), st. GR 28, 19 m; 1 ♂ MNHN-IU-2013-5951 (lot JL1174), st. GR 39, 5 m; 1 ♂ MNHN- IU-2013-5959 (lot JL188), st. GM05, 1 m.

DIAGNOSIS. — Rostral horns adjacent and subparallel at base. Postero-lateral projections sharp spines. Four dorsal bosses each with a sharp tubercle at tip.

HABITAT. — On hard bottoms, sand, rubble and shell, algae, in Thalassia , between red mangrove roots. Collected 1-19 m, reported 1- 82 m.

DISTRIBUTION. — Western Atlantic. North Carolina , Bermudas, Florida , Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Gulf of Mexico , Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil. Lesser Antilles VI (St Thomas), ICA ( St Martin *, Antigua, Guadeloupe , Martinique , St Lucia ), IOV ( Margarita , Cubagua , Blanquilla , Tortuga, Los Roques, Curaçao). * St Martin from unpublished fieldwork ( UF32105 , 15.IV.2012; UF32451, 22.IV.2012; UF32531, 25.IV.2012, coll. A. Anker, G. Paulay) .

REMARKS

First report for Guadeloupe. The distinction of this species with M. nodipes is not easy because of intermediate forms (see under M. nodipes ). Specimen photographed from Tortuga in Lira (2004) is indicated as M. trispinosum cf. nodipes and seems indeed to be M. nodipes . All references listed here should therefore be verified when characters separating all varieties of M. trispinosum are more clearly defined.

Stenocionops coelatus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1878) ( Fig. 6A View FIG )

Pericera coelata A. Milne-Edwards, 1878: 224 (type locality: near Havana); 1880: 1 ( Barbados).

Pericera cornuta – Desbonne in Desbonne & Schramm 1867: 12 ( Guadeloupe). — A. Milne-Edwards 1873-1880: 51 (Antilles).

Stenocionops coelata – A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier 1923: 393 ( Barbados).

Stenocionops furcata coelata – Rathbun 1925: 450 (St Lucia, Barbados). — Marcano & Bolaños 2001: 79 (Cubagua). — Lira 2004: table 1 ( Tortuga). — Hernández-Ávila et al. 2007: 44 (Cubagua). Stenocionops coelatus – Lira et al. 2013: table 1 (Margarita, Tortuga).

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Guadeloupe. KARUBENTHOS 2012, 1♀ MNHN-IU-2013-6729 (lot JL824), st. GN 20, 258 m.

DIAGNOSIS. — Lateral marginal spines four. From 20 to 25 dorsal spines and tubercles. Horns divergent, straight, or nearly so.

HABITAT. — Found on sand, sand with algae, shell bottoms, coral. Desbonne (1867) indicates that it is collected in deep water with traps around Guadeloupe. The specimen from KARUBENTHOS 2012 was also collected with a trap, 258 m. Deep range from A. Milne- Edwards & Bouvier (1923) and Rathbun (1925) is 25- 508 m.

DISTRIBUTION ( Santana et al. 2004). — Western Atlantic. North Carolina to West Indies. In Lesser Antilles ICA ( Guadeloupe, St Lucia, Barbados), IOV (Margarita, Cubagua, Tortuga).

REMARKS

This species is sometimes considered as a synonym or a subspecies of Stenocionops furcatus (Olivier, 1791) (e.g., Melo 1999; Felder et al. 2009), but Rathbun (1925), Williams (1984) and Santana et al. (2004) indicate that S. furcatus coelatus has a restricted distribution within the range of S. furcatus , being limited to an area from off Beaufort, North Carolina, to Barbados in the West Indies.

Microlissa bicarinata ( Aurivillius, 1889) View in CoL ( Fig. 2G View FIG )

Lissa bicarinata Aurivillius, 1889: 54 View in CoL (type locality: St Barthélemy). — Rathbun 1925: 332 (St Barthélemy). — Pretzmann 1961: 176 (St Barthélemy, type in Naturhistoriska riksmuseet, Stockholm).

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Guadeloupe. KARUBENTHOS 2012, 1♂ MNHN-IU-2013-4446 (lot JL1425-5), st. GB 32, 4 m.

DIAGNOSIS. — Carapace triangular; rostrum broad, truncate; outer margins of hepatic regions parallel; postero-lateral margin sinuous. Surface uneven, a ridge from mesogastric region to postero-lateral angles.

HABITAT. — On rocks and rubble. Collected 4 m, reported to 23 m.

DISTRIBUTION ( Rathbun 1925). — Western Atlantic. Bahamas, Puerto Rico. Lesser Antilles ICA (St Barthélemy, Guadeloupe).

REMARK

First record for Guadeloupe and second for the western Atlantic.

Microlissa brasiliensis (Rathbun, 1924) ( Fig. 2H View FIG )

Lissa brasiliensis Rathbun, 1924a: 4 View in CoL (type locality: off Cape Frio, Brazil).

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Guadeloupe. KARUBENTHOS 2012, 1♀ MNHN-IU-2013-4764 (lot JL1072-4), st. GB 21, 8 m ; 1 ♀ MNHN-IU-2013-13093, st. GD 69, 60 m.

DIAGNOSIS. — Carapace nodose; two large branchial protuberances; surface rough with granules; front strongly widened anteriorly.

HABITAT. — On calcareous algae. Collected 8-60 m, reported to 64 m ( Rathbun 1925, 35 fathoms).

DISTRIBUTION ( Melo 1996). — Western Atlantic. Brazil, from Ceará to São Paulo. Lesser Antilles ICA ( Guadeloupe).

REMARK

The type-locality is off Cape Frío ( Brazil). This is the first record for Guadeloupe and outside Brazil. The determination follows the key and characters in Rathbun (1925: 331) but no comparison specimens from Brazil have been examined.

VI	Mykotektet, National Veterinary Institute

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Malacostraca
Order	Decapoda
Family	Majidae
Genus	Macrocoeloma