Comprehensive Description
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Neopisosoma angustifrons (Benedict, 1901)
Pisosoma angustifrons Benedict, 1901:135, pl. 3: fig. 6.—Haig. 1956:15.
Neopisosoma anguslifrons.—Haig, 1960:124, 131; 1962:181.—Rickner, 1975:163.
MATERIAL EXAMINED.—Galeta Island; 7 , 4 , 2 ovigerous, 1 juvenile; 12 Aug 1973.
MEASUREMENTS.—Males 2.4 × 2.5 to 4.6 × 5.0 mm; females 2.2 × 2.4 to 2.5 × 2.8 mm; ovigerous female 2.0 × 2.2; juvenile 1.7 × 1.7 mm.
DISTRIBUTION.—Known previously from the southwestern Gulf of Mexico, the lesser Antilles, Trinidad, Cubagua, Islas La Tortuga, Bonaire, Curacao, and from Venezuela, the Panamanian specimens extend the known range southwestward 1875 km, and constitute a first recording for the southwestern Caribbean and Central America; littoral.
- bibliographic citation
- Gore, Robert H. and Abele, Lawrence G. 1976. "Shallow water porcelain crabs from the Pacific coast of Panamá and adjacent Caribbean waters (Crustacea, Anomura, Porcellanidae)." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-30. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.237
Depth range
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Shallow-waters (0-100 m)
Poupin, J. (2018). Les Crustacés décapodes des Petites Antilles: Avec de nouvelles observations pour Saint-Martin, la Guadeloupe et la Martinique. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, 264 p. (Patrimoines naturels ; 77).
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Habitat
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Hard bottom (rock and rubbles)
Poupin, J. (2018). Les Crustacés décapodes des Petites Antilles: Avec de nouvelles observations pour Saint-Martin, la Guadeloupe et la Martinique. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, 264 p. (Patrimoines naturels ; 77).
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