NOTES ON DISTRIBUTION AND TAXONOMY OF FIVE POORLY KNOWN SPECIES OF PINNOTHERID CRABS FROM THE EASTERN PACIFIC (CRUSTACEA: BRACHYURA: PINNOTHERIDAE)
1998; Biological Society of Washington; Volume: 111; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
ISSN
1943-6327
AutoresErnesto Campos, Victoria Díaz, J. A. Gamboa-Contreras,
Tópico(s)Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
ResumoThe Pinnotherid crabs Glassella costaricana (Wicksten, 1982) (from Costa Rica), Pinnixa richardsoni (Glassell, 1936) (from Panama) and P. scamit Martin & Zmarzly, 1994 (from California, U.S.A.) are reported for the first time from the Mexican Pacific. They were collected at Acapulco, Guerrero, Juchitan de Zaragoza, Oaxaca, and Todos Santos Bay, Baja California, respec tively. The southern distribution of P. barnharti Rathbun, 1918 is found to be restricted to Punta Banda estuary, Todos Santos Bay, Baja California, Mexico. A second male of Pinnaxodes gigas Green, 1992, is reported from the upper Gulf of California; its range is extended from Estero Tastiota, Sonora to Bajo Macho, northeast Consag Rock. Based on the new material taxonomic remarks on the species are provided.
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