Parapontocaris caribbaea ( Boone, 1927 )

Vázquez-Bader, Ana Rosa & Gracia, Adolfo, 2013, Crangonidae and Glyphocrangonidae (Decapoda; Caridea) of the Southern Gulf of Mexico, Zootaxa 3669 (3), pp. 367-383 : 369-370

Parapontocaris caribbaea ( Boone, 1927)

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Aegeon caribbaeus Boone 1927, pp.125–131 , fig. 28.— Chace 1956, 13 (in part).

Parapontocaris caribbea — Chace 1984: 30 (in key).— Campos et al. 2005, 86, fig. 50.— Felder et al. 2009, 1060.

Material examined. BATO stn 32, ovigerous ♀ 1. COBERPES stn B2, ♀ 1. COBERPES3 stn B2, ♀ 1.

Supplemental specimens.- SIGSBEE9 stn A4, ♀ 1; stn A7, ovigerous ♀ 1; stn A9, ♀ 3. SIGSBEE10 stn B, ovigerous ♀ 1; stn D, ♀ 1stn E, ♀ 2

Overall Geographic and Bathymetric Distribution. Western Atlantic, Bahamas Islands ( Bullis & Thompson 1965) and Straits of Florida ( Chace 1956); northwestern Gulf of Mexico, off Galveston Bay ( Chace 1956), sectors of the Gulf of Mexico: NNE, WNW, and ESE, from 311–815 m ( Felder et al. 2009); Caribbean Sea, off Honduras ( Boone 1927; Bullis & Thompson 1965); and Colombia in a depth range of 366 to 549 m ( Cruz et al. 2002; Campos et al. 2005).

Distribution in the Southwestern and Southeastern Gulf of Mexico. Veracruz: off Tuxpan river (WSW); Tabasco: west Carmen y Machona Lagoons (SSW); Yucatán: east Celestún, (SSW), and in front of Ría Lagartos (SSE) from 299 to 428 m depth on muddy and shell sediment ( Fig. 2 ).

Remarks. This species is recorded for the first time in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico (WSW, SSW, and SSE). P. caribbaea was few frequent and scarce, we collected only 12 individuals. Length distribution by sex showed females being smaller than ovigerous females. The females range was 13.5–20.8 mm CL; and ovigerous female size range was 16.6–18.5 mm CL. The ovigerous females were present in spring and summer at 340 m depth.

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FIGURE 2. Map of distribution of P. caribbaea in the southern Gulf of Mexico. Abbreviations: T= Tamaulipas, V= Veracruz, TA= Tabasco, CA= Campeche, Y= Yucatán, QR= Quintana Roo.