Stenorhynchus seticornis

Author
(Herbst, 1788)
Common Names
  • Yellowline Arrow Crab

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5
Min Depth
0 meters
Max Depth
366 meters
Overall Geographic Range
Bermuda, North Carolina–Gulf of Mexico, Antilles, Caribbean Sea–Argentina
Habitat-Biology
  • benthic
  • hard substrate
  • soft substrate (muds, sands, clays)
  • epibiotic
  • coral reef
  • sponge symbiont
Microhabitat
  • rock
  • anemone
  • cryptic fauna
  • rock platform
  • algae
  • coral
References

  • Goeke, G. D. 1989. Stenorhynchus yangi, a new western Atlantic species of arrow crab (Crustacea, Brachyura, Majidae) and a redescription of S. seticornis (Herbst, 1788). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 102: 620–636.

  • Hernández-Aguilera, J. L., R. E. Toral Almazán, and J. A. Ruiz Nuño. 1996. Especies catalogadas de crustaceos estomatopodos y decapodos para el Golfo de México, Rio Bravo, Tamps. a Progreso, Yuc. Conabio, Dirección de Oceanografia, Secretaría de Marina, México.

  • Melo, G. A. S. 1996. Manual de Identificação dos Brachyura (Cananguejos e Siris) do Litoral Brasileiro. Plêiade/FAPESP, São Paulo.

  • Melo, G. A. S. 1998b. Malacostraca - Eucarida. Brachyura. Oxyrhyncha and Brachyrhyncha. Pp. 455–515 in P. S. Young, ed. Catalogue of Crustacea of Brazil. Museu Nacional, Série Livros n. 6, Rio de Janerio.

  • 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.

  • Rathbun, M. J. 1925. The spider crabs of America. Bulletin of the U.S. National Museum 129: i–x, 1–613.

  • Williams, A. B. 1984b. Shrimps, Lobsters, and Crabs of the Atlantic Coast of the Eastern United States, Maine to Florida. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C.

Endnotes

  • Goeke (1989) describes two forms or ecomorphs within this species that occur on somewhat different substrates, especially within the Gulf of Mexico.

Species Notes

None noted.

Source

Felder, D. L., F. Álvarez, J. W. Goy, and R. Lemaitre. 2009. Decapoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, with Comments on the Amphionidacea, Pp. 1019–1104 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 05-06-2024.

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