Cyrtorhina granulosa Monod 1956

Cyrtorhina granulosa Monod, 1956

Cyrtorhina granulosa Monod, 1956:49, figs. 19–31 [Ghana].—Gauld, 1960:68 [Ghana].—Monod, 1963, fig. 31 [no locality].—Forest and Guinot, 1966:42 [Principe].

Cyrthorina granulosa.—Forest, 1959:23 [Principe; erroneous spelling].

Cyrtorhyna granulosa.—Forest, 1959, pl. 2: fig. 1 [Principe; erroneous spelling].

DISTRIBUTION.—Gulf of Guinea, from off Ghana and Ilha do Principe, in 5–6 and 12 m.

Raninoides H. Milne Edwards, 1837:196 [type-species: Ranina loevis Latreille, 1825, by monotypy; gender: masculine].

* Raninoides bouvieri Capart, 1951

Raninoides bouvieri Capart, 1951:59, fig. 17.—Monod, 1956: 54, figs. 32–34.—Longhurst, 1958:87.—Forest, 1959:15.—Gauld, 1960:68.—Rossignol, 1962:113.—Crosnier, 1964:35.—Forest and Guinot, 1966:42.—Le Loeuff and Intès, 1968, table 1.

MATERIAL EXAMINED.—Pillsbury Material: Liberia: Sta 68, 70 m, broken shell, 4, 2 (1 ov), 2 juv (L).

Ivory Coast: Sta 62, 46 m, brown, branched and foliate Foraminifera, 1 (L). Sta 64, 68 m, 1 (L).

Ghana: Sta 28, 49–53 m, 1 (L).

Nigeria: Sta 241, 59–63 m, mud and shell, 2 , 1 (L).

Cameroon: Sta 259, 59 m, mud and broken shell, 13 , 24 (W). Sta 260, 46 m, 1 , 2 (L).

Other Material: Dahomey: Off Grand-Popo, 30 m, Petersen grab, 23 Feb 1964, Guinean Trawling Survey, Tr 34, Sta 2, 3 2 (L).

DESCRIPTION.—Capart, 1951:59.

Figures: Capart, 1951, fig. 17; Monod, 1956, figs. 32–34.

Male Pleopod: Monod, 1956, figs. 33, 34 (Ghana).

Color: Capart (1951:59) gave the following color account: “Coloration uniforme, rose saumon pâle, les pattes plus claires.”

MEASUREMENTS.—Our specimens have carapace lengths of 8 to 29 mm; the single ovigerous female has a carapace length of 25 mm. The holotype, a female, has a carapace length of 32.5 mm (Capart, 1951).

DISTRIBUTION.—Known only from scattered localities off tropical West Africa, between Senegal and Zaire. It was originally described from WNW of Banana, Zaire, 05°52′S, 11°43.5′E, 70 m (Capart, 1951). Monod (1956) recorded several lots from off Accra, Ghana, in 28–44 m. Since 1956 R. bouvieri has been recorded from the following localities:

Senegal: 12°55.5′N, 17°33′W, 65–75 m (Forest and Guinot, 1966).

Sierra Leone: 13°30′N, 17°17′W, 56 m, and 13°22′N, 17°16′W, 55 m (Longhurst, 1958).

Liberia: 04°34.5′N, 08°31′W, 64 m (Forest and Guinot, 1966).

Ivory Coast: Off Fresco, 40 m (Le Loeuff and Intès, 1968).

Ghana: Off Accra, 28–80 m (Gauld, 1960).

Cameroon: No specific locality (Crosnier, 1964).

Gabon: 00°38′25″S, 08°46′E, 5 m (Forest and Guinot, 1966).

Cabinda: W of Landana, 45 m (Rossignol, 1962).

It has not previously been recorded from Nigeria or Dahomey, although both of these localities are well within its known range.

HOMOLODROMIDAE Alcock, 1899b:127, 130 [corrected to Homolodromiidae by Stebbing, 1905:58; considered a subfamily of family Prosopidae von Meyer, 1860, by Glaessner, 1969:R486].

EASTERN ATLANTIC GENERA.—One, which has not been recorded from tropical waters, is Dicranodromia A. Milne Edwards (1880:31). Type-species: Dicranodromia ovata A. Milne Edwards, 1880, by monotypy; gender: feminine.

EASTERN ATLANTIC SPECIES.—One, Dicranodromia mahieuxii A. Milne Edwards, 1883. Bay of Biscay, Azores, and off the Sahara coast in depths between 454 and 1330 m (Zariquiey Alvarez, 1968).

DROMIACEA de Haan, 1833:ix [corrected to Dromiidae by Ortmann, 1892:541, 543; name 356 on Official List].

EASTERN ATLANTIC GENERA.—Two, Dromia and Sternodromia, both represented by species occurring off tropical West Africa.

EASTERN ATLANTIC SPECIES.—Six, of which all but one are tropical. Three species were recorded by Monod (1956):

Name in Monod

Current Name

Dromia caputmortuum

Dromia marmorea

Dromia nodosa [part]

Dromia nodosa

Dromia nodosa [part]

Dromia monodi*

Dromidiopsis spinirostris

Sternodromia spinirostris*

The fifth tropical species, D. bollorei, was named in 1974.

The extralimital species is Dromia personata (Linnaeus, 1758). Southern North Sea southward to Spanish Sahara, Mediterranean; sublittoral (Christiansen, 1969; Forest, 1974).

Dromia Weber, 1795:92 [type-species: Cancer personatus Linnaeus, 1758, by subsequent designation under the Plenary Powers of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (Opinion 688 in Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 21:16–19); gender: feminine; name 1568 on Official List].