INACHOIDIDAE Dana, 1851

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 : 364

Family INACHOIDIDAE Dana, 1851

Aepinus septemspinosus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1878) ( Fig. 3 H-I)

Apocremnus septemspinosus A. Milne-Edwards, 1878 (1873-1880): 185 (type locality: Florida Strait).

Aepinus septemspinosus – Rathbun 1925: 92 ( St Thomas).

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Guadeloupe. KARUBENTHOS 2012, 1♀ ov. 5.8 × 4.1 mm MNHN-IU-2013-11301 (lot JL217; first identification as ‘ Podochela sp.’ ex. MNHN-5484 , in loan with D. Felder April 2014), st. GD02, 80 m.

DIAGNOSIS. — Rostral projections lobiform. Seven dorsal capitate spines. A postocular tooth.

HABITAT. — On coral, rubble, shell bottoms, calcareous algae and hard substrate; occasionally on detritus or mud bottoms. Collected at 80 m, reported 10-85 m.

DISTRIBUTION. — Western Atlantic. South Cape Lookout, North Carolina, Straits of Florida, Bahamas Banks, Puerto Rico, Gulf of Mexico, Brazil. Lesser Antilles VI ( St Thomas), ICA (St Martin*, Guadeloupe). *St Martin from unpublished fieldwork (19.IV.2012, UF32285, coll. A. Anker/G. Paulay).

REMARK

First record for Guadeloupe. This specimen was pre-identified as ‘ Podochela sp.’ during the workshop at Besse-et-Saint- Anastaise. It was sent to D. Felder (April 2014) for further studies, including molecular biology.

Figures

FIG. 3. — Inachidae MacLeay, 1838: A, Ericerodes gracilipes (Stimpson, 1871), 1 ov. ♀ 8.3 × 4.8 mm MNHN-IU-2013-4199, st. GD35, 66 m; B, Eucinetops blakianus Rathbun, 1896, 1 ov. ♀ MNHN-IU-2013-4191, st. GB01, 6 m; C, Podochela curvirostris (A. Milne-Edwards, 1879), 1 sp. MNHN-IU-2013-19105? KARUB- ENTHOS 2015, st. CP4623, 26/06/2015, 15°55.72’N, 61°31.02’W, 182-217 m; D, Podochela grossipes Stimpson, 1860, 1 ♂ MNHN-IU-2013-4135, st. GD50, 22 m; E, Podochela macrodera Stimpson, 1860, 1♂ MNHN-IU-2013-6613, st. GM11, 1 m. Stenorhynchinae Dana, 1851; F, Stenorhynchus seticornis (Herbst, 1788),1 ♀ MNHN-IU-2013-4062, st. GR01, 3 m; G, Stenorhynchus yangi Goeke, 1989, 1 sp. no MNHN (lot JL314), st. GN11, 140 m. Inachoididae (Guinot, 2012): H, I, Aepinus septemspinosus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1878),1 ♀ ov. 5.8 × 4.1 mm MNHN-IU-2013-11301, st. GD02,80 m; J, Collodes trispinosus Stimpson 1891, 1♀ MNHN-IU-2013-4197 (lot JL973-1), st. GD35, 66 m; K, Euprognatha gracilipes A. Milne-Edwards,1878, 1 sp. MNHN-IU-2013-19060? KARUBENTHOS 2015, st. DW4613, 25/06/2015, 16°24.16’N, 60°50.1’W, 210-240 m; L, Euprognatha rastellifera Stimpson, 1871, 1♂ 8.4 × 6.2 mm MNHN-IU-2013-4120, st. GD17, 30 m; M, Pyromaia acanthina Lemaitre, N. H. Campos & Bermúdez, 2001, 1 ♀ ov. 12.9 (without rostrum) × 8.8 mm, MNHN-IU-2013-5931, st. GN04, 150 m.