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Polyonyx gibbesi Haig 1956

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Polyonyx gibbesi Haig, 1956

Polyonyx gibbesi Haig, 1956: 28–30.

Material examined. Brazil, São Paulo: 1 ♀, CCDB 2391, Ubatuba, Enseada de Ubatuba, colls. F. Mantelatto et al., 26.ix.2002.

Distribution. Western Atlantic— USA (Massachusetts, Rhode Island, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Texas), Panama, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, Brazil (Ceará, Pernambuco, Bahia, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul), Uruguay, Argentina (Haig 1956; Gore 1968; Craig 1974; Melo 1999; Rodríguez et al. 2005; Coelho et al. 2007; Belleggia et al. 2010; Ferreira & Melo 2016; Spivak et al. 2019).

Remarks. Polyonyx gibbesi is a common commensal of the tubicolous polychaete, Chaetopterus variopedatus (Renier, 1804) (Haig 1956; Gore 1968; Craig 1974; Williams 1984), living in pairs, and rarely found outside their tubes. The species occurs from the intertidal zone down to depths of 50 m, on rocks, sand and mud of the sublittoral region (Veloso & Melo 1993).

Notes

Published as part of Mantelatto, Fernando L., Miranda, Ivana, Vera-Silva, Ana L., Negri, Mariana, Buranelli, Raquel C., Terossi, Mariana, Magalhães, Tatiana, Costa, Rogério C., Zara, Fernando J. & Castilho, Antonio L., 2021, Checklist of decapod crustaceans from the coast of the São Paulo state (Brazil) supported by integrative molecular and morphological data: IV. Infraorder Anomura: Superfamilies Chirostyloidea, Galatheoidea, Hippoidea and Paguroidea, pp. 558-600 in Zootaxa 4965 (3) on page 571, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4965.3.9, http://zenodo.org/record/4755166

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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BAAE1BFFB8FFADFF6DF99452B5FF0C

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Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.4965.3.9 (DOI)
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https://www.gbif.org/species/182022360 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/6993/taxon/03BAAE1BFFB8FFADFF6DF99452B5FF0C.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Collection code
CCDB
Event date
2002-09-26
Family
Porcellanidae
Genus
Polyonyx
Kingdom
Animalia
Material sample ID
CCDB 2391
Order
Decapoda
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Haig
Species
gibbesi
Taxon rank
species
Verbatim event date
2002-09-26
Taxonomic concept label
Polyonyx gibbesi Haig, 1956 sec. Mantelatto, Miranda, Vera-Silva, Negri, Buranelli, Terossi, Magalhães, Costa, Zara & Castilho, 2021

References

  • Haig, J. (1956) The Galatheidae (Crustacea Anomura) of the Allan Hancock Expedition with a review of the Porcellanidae of the Western North Atlantic. Allan Hancock Atlantic Expedition, 1 - 44.
  • Craig, W. J. (1974) Physiological ecology of the commensal crabs, Polyonyx gibbesi Haig and Pinnixa chaetopterana Stimpson. Oecologia, 15 (3), 235 - 244. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / BF 00345180
  • Melo, G. A. S. (1999) Manual de identificacao dos Crustacea Decapoda do litoral brasileiro: Anomura, Thalassinidea, Palinuridea, Astacidea. Ed. Pleidae, Sao Paulo, 551 pp.
  • Rodriguez, I. T., Hernandez, G. & Felder, D. L. (2005) Review of the western Atlantic Porcellanidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) with new records, systematic observations, and comments on biogeography. Caribbean Journal of Science, 41 (3), 544 - 582.
  • Coelho, P. A., Almeida, A. O., Bezerra, L. E. A. & Souza-Filho, J. F. (2007) An updated checklist of decapod crustaceans (infraorders Astacidea, Thalassinidea, Polychelida, Palinura, and Anomura) from the northern and northeastern Brazilian coast. Zootaxa, 1519 (1), 1 - 16. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 1519.1.1
  • Belleggia, M., Boschi, E. E., Schejter, L., Bremec, C., Sanchez, F. & Figueroa, D. E. (2010) First record of Polyonyx gibbesi (Anomura: Porcellanidae) in the Argentine Sea. Marine Biodiversity Records, 3, e 44. https: // doi. org / 10.1017 / S 175526720999100 X
  • Ferreira, L. A. A. & Melo, G. A. S. (2016) Porcelain crabs from Brazil (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Porcellanidae). Zootaxa, 4092 (2), 175 - 194. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4092.2.2
  • Spivak, E. D., Farias, N. E., Ocampo, E. H., Lovrich, G. A. & Luppi, T. A. (2019) Annotated catalogue and bibliography of marine and estuarine shrimps, lobsters, crabs and their allies (Crustacea: Decapoda) of Argentina and Uruguay (Southwestern Atlantic Ocean). Frente Maritimo, 26, 1 - 164.
  • Williams, A. B. (1984) Shrimps, lobsters, and crabs of the Atlantic coast of the eastern United States, Maine to Florida. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C., 550 pp.
  • Veloso, V. G. & Melo, G. A. S. (1993) Taxonomia e distribuicao da Familia Porcellanidae (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura) no litoral Brasileiro. Iheringia, serie Zoologia, 75, 171 - 186.