Euryozius sanguineus

Euryozius sanguineus (Linnaeus, 1771)

Cancer sanguineus Linnaeus, 1771:542.—Herbst, 1785:188.—Fabricius, 1787:318.—Statius Müller. 1789:345.—Gmelin, 1789[?]:2970; 1790:2970.—Olivier. 1791:159.—Gmelin, 1793:471.—Fabricius, 1793:447.

Cancer Sanguineus.—Turton, 1806:741.

orange-red colored crab.—Melliss,1875:206, pl. 22: fig. 3.

Pseudozius Mellissi Miers, 1881b:432.

Pseudozius bouvieri var. mellissii.—Miers, 1886:143, pl. 12: fig. 3.

Pseudozius bouvieri.—Chace, 1966:625, footnote [not Xantho Bouvieri A. Milne Edwards, 1869].

Euryozius sanguineus.—Holthuis, Edwards, and Lubbock, 1980:38.— Manning and Holthuis, 1981:124,129, fig. 27f–i.

MATERIAL.—Smithsonian 1976 Collection: Sta 7–76, off Collyer Point 2 males [17.1–28.6].

Operation Origin: Site 9, Kettle Cove, 20 m: exuvium of male [20.9].—Site 11, Pyramid Point, 12 m: exuvium of female [11.0].

Other Collections: Jourdan, English Bay, 20–40 ft (6–12 m): 1 male [25.1].—Jourdan (1976), English Bay.under rocks, 20 ft (6 m): 1 male [6.4].—McDowell (1985), English Bay, under rocks,60 ft (33 m): 1 male [24.3].—Jourdan (1976), off Collyer Point, diving: 1 male [11.7].—McDowell, Boatswainbird (Bosunbird), under rock, 30–40 ft (9–12 m): 1 female [23.8].

SIZE.—Carapace lengths of males,6.4–28.6 mm; of females, 11.0–23.8 mm. Miers (1881b) studied males with carapace lengths of 25 and 35.5 mm.

COLOR.—Uniform orange-red dorsally; walking legs with lighter bands; fingers of chelipeds black.

HABITAT.—Sublittoral, under rocks.in 6 to 33 meters.

DISTRIBUTION.—Known only from Ascension, St. Helena, and St. Paul’s Rocks; subtidal.