ATELECYCLIDAE ORTMANN, 1893

Martin, Joel W. & Haney, Todd A., 2005, Decapod crustaceans from hydrothermal vents and cold seeps: a review through 2005, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 145 (4), pp. 445-522 : 486

FAMILY ATELECYCLIDAE ORTMANN, 1893

Remarks: Bergquist et al. (2003) listed, in an appendix, crabs of this family from the Bush Hill and GC234 sites (cold seeps) in the northern Gulf of Mexico (within the large Green Canyon offshore drilling area), where it is apparently fairly common and is found buried in the mud at the base of tubeworm colonies (S. Hourdez, pers. comm.). This record and the observations of MacAvoy et al. (2002) constitute the only reports of any atelecyclid crabs from vent or seep sites. Although the species has apparently been collected (18 specimens in 4 collections; see Bergquist et al., 2003), we are not aware that the genus or species is known as of this writing.