Paractaea nodosa (Stimpson, 1860)

(Fig. 18C)

Actaea nodosa Stimpson, 1860: 203 [type-locality: Tortugas, Florida; type probably in USNM; coll., Dr. Whitehurst]; A. Milne-Edwards 1865: 266, pl. 17, figs. 6–6c; Desbonne in Desbonne & Schramm 1867: 25; A. Milne-Edwards 1880: 11; A. Milne-Edwards 1873 –1881: 245.

Actaea rufopunctata var. nodosa Miers, 1886: 122; A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier 1923: 316; Rathbun 1921: 71; 1924: 15; 1930: 257, pl. 105, figs. 1–2; Collins & Morris 1976: 125.

Actaea rufopunctata nodosa .— Rathbun, 1901: 33; 1930: 257, pl. 105, figs. 1–2.

Paractaea rufopunctata nodosa . — Keith 1985: 266, fig. 8E; Williams 1984: 397, fig. 310; Abele & Kim 1986: 59; Melo 1996: 376, unnumbered fig.

Paractaea nodosa . —Ng et al. 2008: 195; Poupin & Corbari 2016: 90; Alves et al. 2012: 945, fig. 4B; Poupin 2018: 219, fig. 247; Tavares & Mendonça 2022: 72.

Distribution. Western Atlantic: USA (North Carolina, Florida), Bahamas, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Gulf of Mexico, Barbados, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Fernando de Noronha, Trinidade, and Martin Vaz (Rathbun 1930; Alves et al. 2012; Tavares & Mendonça 2022).

Material examined. Barbados, Drill Hall, St. Michael, nearshore rubble, 13°04’36.30”N, 59°36’26.63”W, 1 ♀ CW: 5.3 mm (BLSZ 175) . Idem, 1 Ô CW: 4.2 mm (BLSZ 180) . Idem, 1 Ô CW: 6.1 mm (BLSZ 215) .

Remarks. Specimens of Paractaea nodosa were caught by hand at low tide in nearshore rubble habitat under rubble rock. Paractaea nodosa was found under the same rubble rock as Mithraculus coryphe, Mithraculus forceps, Amphithrax aculeatus, and Platyactaea setigera (H. Milne Edwards, 1834) . It was first reported by A. Milne-Edwards (1880: 11) as Actaea nodosa, collected at depths of 169 m (94 fathoms). Rathbun (1921: 71) reported one juvenile male specimen of Actaea rufopunctata nodosa (USNM 76721) for Barbados, which was collected at depths of 120–126 m (67–70 fathoms) by the Barbados-Antigua Expedition in 1918. Additionally, Collins & Morris (1979) reported a fossil carapace of Actaea rufopunctata nodosa collected in Barbados from Pleistocene coral rock.

Genus Platyactaea Guinot, 1967