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Petrolisthes robsonae Glassell, 1945
Petrolisthes robsonae Glassell, 1945:227, fig. 3.—Haig, 1957:10; 1960:57, pl. 18: fig. 2; 1968:65.—Gore and Abele, 1974:567, fig. 3c.
Petrolisthes armatus.—Hildebrand, 1939:23 [not Petrolisthes armatus (Gibbes, 1850)].
MATERIAL EXAMINED.—Miraflores Locks, Panama Canal; 5 , ovigerous; 17 Jan 1972 (M. L. Jones).
MEASUREMENTS.—4.9 × 4.8 to 5.5 × 5.4 mm.
DISTRIBUTION.—Mexico, El Salvador, Panama, and Guayaquil, Ecuador; intertidal zone.
- 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
Comprehensive Description
provided by Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology
Petrolisthes robsonae Glassell, 1945
MATERIAL EXAMINED.—PANAMA, Panama City, Punta Paitilla (sta 129-1A), 1 ovigerous; Canal Zone, Miraflores Locks (sta 1525), 11, 22 (9 ovigerous); Miraflores spillway (sta 130-2B), 4, 19 (16 ovigerous); Pedro Miguel Locks (sta 1324), 1.
MEASUREMENTS.—2.6 × 2.6 to 7.2 × 8.3 mm; smallest ovigerous 3.8 × 3.8 mm.
DISTRIBUTION.—Mexico (unspecified locality), El Salvador, Panama, and Ecuador; littoral to about 6 m.
- bibliographic citation
- Gore, Robert H. 1982. "Porcellanid crabs from the coasts of Mexico and Central America (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura)." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-34. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.363
