Primeiro registro de Lepteces ornatus Rathbun (Decapoda, Brachyura, Majidae) para o Atlântico Sul

First record of Lepteces ornatus Rathbun (Decapoda, Brachyura, Majidae) for the Southwestern Atlantic

Abstract

During the project GEDIP, in the coast of the State of Rio Grande do Sul, with some stations off Uruguay, a specimen female of the brachyuran crab Lepteces ornatus Rathbun, 1893 was found. Up till now this species was known only by his type material, from Arrowsmith Bank, Yukatan, Mexico. Description, material examined and distribution are done.

Uruguay; Lepteces ornatus; Brachyura; Majidae; new record; Southwestern Atlantic

Uruguay; Lepteces ornatus; Brachyura; Majidae; new record; Southwestern Atlantic

Uruguay; Lepteces ornatus; Brachyura; Majidae; new record; Southwestern Atlantic

Primeiro registro de Lepteces ornatus Rathbun (Decapoda, Brachyura, Majidae) para o Atlântico Sul

First record of Lepteces ornatus Rathbun (Decapoda, Brachyura, Majidae) for the Southwestern Atlantic

Gustavo Augusto S. de Melo^I,II; Thais Brandini Crivelaro^I

^IMuseu de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo. Avenida Nazareth 481, 04263-000 São Paulo, São Paulo, E-mail: [e-mail], [e-mail]

^IIBolsista do CNPq

ABSTRACT

During the project GEDIP, in the coast of the State of Rio Grande do Sul, with some stations off Uruguay, a specimen female of the brachyuran crab Lepteces ornatus Rathbun, 1893 was found. Up till now this species was known only by his type material, from Arrowsmith Bank, Yukatan, Mexico. Description, material examined and distribution are done.

Key words: Uruguay, Lepteces ornatus, Brachyura, Majidae, new record, Southwestern Atlantic

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Recebido em 13.III.2002; aceito em 15.VIII.2002.

Referências bibliográficas

• Rathbun, M.J. 1893. Catalogue of the crabs of the family Maiidae in the U.S. National Museum. Proc. U.S. Natn. Mus. 16 (927):63-103.
• ______. 1925. The spider crabs of América. Bull. U.S. Natn. Mus. 129:1-593.

Datas de Publicação

• Publicação nesta coleção
  15 Maio 2009
• Data do Fascículo
  Set 2002

Histórico

• Recebido
  13 Mar 2002
• Aceito
  15 Ago 2002