Range extensions along western Atlantic for Epialtidae crabs (Brachyura, Majoidea) genera Acanthonyx Latreille, 1828 and Epialtus H. Milne Edwards, 1834

Tamburus, Ana Francisca; Mantelatto, Fernando L.

Abstract

The present study provided information extending the known geographical distribution of three species of majoid crabs, the epialtids Acanthonyx dissimulatus Coelho, 1993, Epialtus bituberculatus H. Milne Edwards, 1834, and E. brasiliensis Dana, 1852. Specimens of both genera from different carcinological collections were studied by comparing morphological characters. We provide new data that extends the geographical distributions of E. bituberculatus to the coast of the states of Paraná and Santa Catarina (Brazil), and offer new records from Belize and Costa Rica. Epialtus brasiliensis is recorded for the first time in the state of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil), and A. dissimulatus is reported from Quintana Roo, Mexico. The distribution of A. dissimulatus, previously known as endemic to Brazil, has a gap between the states of Espírito Santo and Rio de Janeiro. However, this restricted southern distribution is herein amplified by the Mexican specimens.

Geographic distribution; majoid; new records; spider crabs

Abele, L.G. and Kim, W. 1986. An illustrated guide to the Marine decapod crustaceans of Florida. Technical Series, 8(1):1-225.
Almeida, A.O. and Coelho, P.A. 2008. Estuarine and marine brachyuran crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda) from Bahia, Brazil: checklist and zoogeographical considerations. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research, 36(2):183-222.
Almeida, A.O.; Simões, S.M.; Costa, R.C. and Mantelatto, F.L. In press. Alien shrimps in evidence: new records of the genus Athanas Leach, 1814 on the coast of São Paulo, southern Brazil (Caridea: Alpheidae). Helgoland Marine Research DOI 10.1007/s10152-012-0291-6.
Alves, D.F.R.; Cobo, V.J. and. Melo, G.A.S. 2006. Extension of the geographical distribution of some brachyuran and porcellanid decapods (Crustacea) to the coast of the State of São Paulo, Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Zoologia, 23(4):1280-1283.
Boschi, E.E. 2000. Species of decapod crustaceans and their distribution in the American marine zoogeographic provinces. Revista de Investigacion y Desarrollo Pesquero, 13:7-136.
Camargo, F.V.; Alves, D.F.R. and Cobo, V.J. 2010. Range extensions for three majoid crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura) on the coast of São Paulo state, Brazil. Pan- American Journal of Aquatic Sciences, 5(1):169-172.
Cobo, V.J.; Pinheiro, A.P.; Freire, F.A.M. and Martins, I.A. 2002. Range extension of the geographic distribution of the lobsters (Palinuroidea) and crabs (Xanthoidea) in the Brazilian coast. Nauplius, 10(2):155-158.
Coelho, P.A. 1971. Nota prévia sobre os Majidae do Norte e Nordeste do Brasil (Crustacea: Decapoda). Arquivos do Museu Nacional Rio de Janeiro, 54:137-143.
Coelho, P.A.; Almeida, A.O. and Bezerra, L.E.A. 2008. Checklist of the marine and estuarine Brachyura (Crustacea: Decapoda) of northern and northeastern Brazil. Zootaxa, 1956:1-58.
Coelho, P.A.; Ramos-Porto, M. and Calado, T.C. 1986. Litoral do Rio Grande do Norte: Decapoda. Caderno Ômega da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Série Ciências Aquáticas, Recife, 2:79-105.
Coelho, P.A. and Torres, M.F.A. 1993. Taxonomia e distribuição das espécies do gênero Acanthonyx Latreille, no Brasil (Crustacea: Decapoda: Majidae). Trabalhos do Instituto Oceanográfico da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, 22:221-241. [Dated 1991/1993, published 1993]
Emparanza, E.J.M.; Guzmán, G.L. and Ng, P.K.L. 2007. A redescription of Acanthonyx petiverii H. Milne Edwards, 1834, and designation of a neotype for Acanthonyx simplex Dana, 1852 (Brachyura, Majidae). Crustaceana, 80(5):533-543.
Fausto-Filho, J. 1966. Primeira contribuição ao inventário dos crustáceos decápodos marinhos do Nordeste brasileiro. Arquivos da Estação de Biologia Marinha da Universidade Federal do Ceará, 6(1):31-37.
Fausto-Filho, J. 1970. Quarta contribuição ao inventário dos crustáceos decápodos marinhos do Nordeste brasileiro. Arquivos de Ciências do Mar, 10(1):55-60.
Garth, J.S. 1958. Brachyura of the Pacific coast of America; Oxyrhyncha. Allan Hancock Pacific Expedition, 21(1-2):1-854.
Gouvêa, E.P. 1986. A carcinofauna do litoral rochoso de Salvador, BA, e alguns aspectos ecológicos. Ciência e Cultura, 38(2):346-355.
Hendrickx, M.E. 1999. Los cangrejos braquiúros (Crustacea: Brachyura: Majoidea y Parthenopoidea) del Pacifico Mexicano. Comisión Nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la biodiversidad, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, XIV-274p.
Hernández-Aguilera, J.L.; Toral-Alamzán, R.E. and Ruíz-Nuño, J.A. 1997. Especies catalogadas de crustáceos estomatópodos y decápodos para el Golfo de México, Río Bravo, Tamaulipas a Progreso, Yucatán. Secretaría de Marina-Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, México. 132p.
Hernández-Ávila, I.; Gómez, A.; Lira, C. and Galindo, L. 2007. Benthic decapod crustaceans (Crustacea: Decapoda) of Cubagua Island, Venezuela. Zootaxa, 1557:33-45.
Hiyodo, C.M.; Fransozo, A. & M.L. Negreiros-Fransozo. 1994. Larval development of the spider crab Acanthonyx petiverii H. Milne Edwards, 1834 (Decapoda, Majidae) in the laboratory. Crustaceana, 66(1):53-66.
Lima Júnior, T.B.; Aragão, M.I.C.; Leite, J.R.S.A.; Lotufo, T.M.C. and Melo, G.A.S. 2010. Inventário dos Brachyura de substratos consolidados naturais do mesolitoral da Praia do Coqueiro, Luís Correia - Piauí. Biotemas, 23(2):69-75.
Mantelatto F.L. and Corrêa, E.K. 1996. Composition and seasonal variations of the brachyuran crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda) living on Sargassum cymosum in the Ubatuba region, São Paulo, Brazil. Revista Bioikos, 9-10(1/2):22-31.
Mantelatto F.L. and Dias, L.L. 1999. Extension of the known distribution of Charybdis hellerii (A. Milne Edwards, 1867) (Decapoda, Portunidae) along the western tropical South Atlantic. Crustaceana, 72(6):617-620.
Mantelatto, F.L.; Faria, F.C.R.; Biagi, R. and Melo, G.A.S. 2004. Majoid crabs community (Crustacea: Decapoda) from infralittoral rock/sandy bottom of Anchieta Island. Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, 47(2):273-279.
Mantelatto, F.L.; Garcia, R.B.; Martinelli, J.M. and Hebling, N.J. 2001. On a record of Dardanus venosus (H. Milne Edwards) (Crustacea, Anomura) from the São Paulo State, Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Zoologia, 18(1):71-73.
Marcano, J. and Bolaños, J. 2001. Cangrejos májidos (Decapoda: Brachyura: Majidae) de las aguas someras marinas venezolanas. Boletín del Instituto Oceanografico de Venezuela, 40:71-82.
Masunari, S. and Dubiaski-Silva, J. 1998. Crustacea Decapoda da praia rochosa da Ilha do Farol, Matinhos, Paraná. II. Distribuição espacial de densidades das populações. Revista Brasileira de Zoologia, 15(3):643-664.
Melo, G.A.S. 1996. Manual de identificação dos Brachyura (caranguejos e siris) do Litoral Brasileiro. São Paulo, Editora Plêiade/FAPESP, 604p.
Melo, G.A.S. 2008. The Brachyura (Decapoda) of Ilha Grande Bay, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Nauplius, 16(1):1-22.
Melo, G.A.S.; Veloso, V.G. and Oliveira, M.C. 1989. A fauna de Brachyura (Crustacea, Decapoda) do litoral do Estado do Paraná. Lista preliminar. Nerítica, 4(1/2):1-31.
Milne Edwards, H. 1834. Histoire naturelle des Crustacés, comprenant l'anatomie, la physiologie et la classification de ces animaux, 1:1-468.
Ng, P.K.L.; Guinot, D. and Davie, P.J.F. 2008. Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant brachyuran crabs of the world. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 17:1-286.
Powers, L.W. 1977. A catalogue and bibliography to the crabs (Brachyura) of the Gulf of Mexico. Contributions in Marine Science, 20 (supplement):1-190.
Rahayu, D.L and Ng, P.K. 2000. Some new and interesting records of spider crabs (Decapoda, Brachyura, Majidae) from Indonesia. Crustaceana, 73(7):887-890.
Rathbun, M.J. 1925. The spider crabs of America. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 129:1-613.
Rathbun, M.J. 1933. Brachyuran crabs of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands. In: Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands. New York Academy of Sciences, 15(1):1-121.
Retamal, M.A. 1981. Catalago ilustrado de los crustaceos decapodos de Chile. Editorial Universidad de Concepcion. Gayana Zoologia, 44:1-110.
Retamal, M.A. and Moyano, H.I. 2010. Zoogeografía de los crustáceos decápodos chilenos marinos y dulceacuícolas. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research, 38(3):302-328.
Tavares, M. and Amouroux, J.M. 2003. First record of the non indigenous crab, Charybdis hellerii (A. Milne-Edwards, 1867) from French Guyana (Decapoda, Brachyura, Portunidae). Crustaceana, 76(5):625-630.

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[23] Mantelatto F.L. and Corrêa, E.K. 1996. Composition and seasonal variations of the brachyuran crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda) living on Sargassum cymosum in the Ubatuba region, São Paulo, Brazil. Revista Bioikos, 9-10(1/2):22-31.

[24] Mantelatto F.L. and Dias, L.L. 1999. Extension of the known distribution of Charybdis hellerii (A. Milne Edwards, 1867) (Decapoda, Portunidae) along the western tropical South Atlantic. Crustaceana, 72(6):617-620.

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[26] Mantelatto, F.L.; Garcia, R.B.; Martinelli, J.M. and Hebling, N.J. 2001. On a record of Dardanus venosus (H. Milne Edwards) (Crustacea, Anomura) from the São Paulo State, Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Zoologia, 18(1):71-73.

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[36] Rathbun, M.J. 1925. The spider crabs of America. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 129:1-613.

[37] Rathbun, M.J. 1933. Brachyuran crabs of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands. In: Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands. New York Academy of Sciences, 15(1):1-121.

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[39] Retamal, M.A. and Moyano, H.I. 2010. Zoogeografía de los crustáceos decápodos chilenos marinos y dulceacuícolas. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research, 38(3):302-328.

[40] Tavares, M. and Amouroux, J.M. 2003. First record of the non indigenous crab, Charybdis hellerii (A. Milne-Edwards, 1867) from French Guyana (Decapoda, Brachyura, Portunidae). Crustaceana, 76(5):625-630.

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Range extensions along western Atlantic for Epialtidae crabs (Brachyura, Majoidea) genera Acanthonyx Latreille, 1828 and Epialtus H. Milne Edwards, 1834

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