Cataleptodius aff. floridanus (Gibbes, 1850)

Muñoz, Isabel, García-Raso, J. Enrique, Chillón, Begoña Sánchez & Cuesta, Jose A., 2025, Marine crabs from African waters housed in the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN-CSIC): An opportunity for biogeographic and systematic studies. Part I: Heterotremata (Decapoda, Brachyura), European Journal of Taxonomy 996, pp. 1-94 : 70

Cataleptodius aff. floridanus (Gibbes, 1850)

Fig. 78

Material examined

EQUATORIAL GUINEA − Annobon Island • 1 ♂ (10.5×6.8); depth 10−15 m; Emilio Rolán leg.; MNCN20.04/41941 .

Remarks

The specimens were labelled as “Sin determinar” (undetermined), assigned to Xanthidae and was mixed with specimens of Nanocassiope melanodactylus .

Cataleptodius floridanus is an amphiatlantic species, mainly distributed in the West Atlantic. Guinot (1968) referred to the African specimens as C. aff. floridanus , as she considered there were some differences with the American specimens, with the aim of clarifying in the future.

For identification, see also Monod (1956), Guinot (1968) and Manning & Holthuis (1981).

Figures

Fig. 78. Cataleptodius aff. floridanus (Gibbes, 1850), specimen MNCN20.04/41941. a: detail of the fingers. Scale bars = 0.5 cm.