Comprehensive Description
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Paractaea rufopunctata africana Guinot, 1969
Actaea rufopunctata.—Benedict, 1893:536.
Actaea rufopunctata nodosa.—Rathbun, 1925:257 [part].
Paractaea rufopunctata forme africana Guinot, 1969:251, fig. 26.
Paractaea rufopunctata africana.—Guinot, 1976:250, pl. 16: fig. 5.—Manning and Holthuis,1981:150.
MATERIAL.—Smithsonian 1976 Collection: Sta 1B–76, McArthur Point 1 male [5.1].—Sta lC–76, McArthur Point 2 females [10.0–10.3].
Other Collections: U.S. Eclipse Expedition to West Africa, 1889–1890, Ascension Island: 1 male [4.2].—McDowell, British Pol, midway between North Point and Pyramid Point, 60 ft [18 m]: 1 female [9.4].—Jourdan (1976), English Bay, under rocks, 20 ft [6 m]: 1 male [11.4].
SIZE.—Carapace lengths of males,4.2–l 1.4 mm; of females, 9.4–10.3 mm.
COLOR.—Mottled red and whitish, darker in grooves between elevations; walking legs banded; movable finger of chelae brown.
HABITAT.—In clumps of coralline algae or associated with rocks, shore to 18 meters.
DISTRIBUTION.—West Africa from Cameroon and the offshore islands of the Gulf of Guinea; central Atlantic from Ascension; shore to about 45 meters.
- bibliographic citation
- Manning, Raymond B. and Chace, Fenner Albert, Jr. 1990. "Decapod and stomatopod crustaceans from Ascension Island, south Atlantic Ocean." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-91. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.503
