Epilobocera capolongoi, Pretzmann, 2000

Rodríguez-Cabrera B, Tomás M., 2023, New records and geographic range extension of Epilobocera capolongoi Pretzmann, 2000 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Epiloboceridae) in Cuba, with notes on its natural history and conservation, Nauplius (e 2023009) 31, pp. 1-16 : 15

Epilobocera capolongoi

Cuba: Cienfuegos Province, Cumanayagua municipality, Pico San Juan Ecological Reserve , 500 m northeast of the meteorological radar station (21.99140 -80.14339; 1,000 m elevation), 5 October 2013, T.M. Rodríguez-Cabrera, R. Marrero and J.D. León, 1 ♀ carrying offspring (observed) ( Fig. 11 ) . Sancti Spíritus Province, Sancti Spíritus municipality: Lomas de Banao Ecological Reserve, tributary source of Banao river (21.88179 -79.59785; 530 m elevation), 13 October 2018, T.M. Rodríguez-Cabrera, 1 ♂ juvenile ( CZACC 5.0048 ), 1 juvenile (observed); tributary source of Higuanojo river (21.88481 -79.59966; 550 m elevation), 13–14 October 2018, T.M. Rodríguez-Cabrera, 1 ♂ ( CZACC 5.0040 ), 1 ♂ ( CZACC 5.0041 ), 1 ♀ ( CZACC 5.0042 ), 1 ♀ juv. ( CZACC 5.0043 ), 1 ♀ juv. ( CZACC 5.0044 ); idem locality, 10 November 2018, T.M. Rodríguez-Cabrera and A.I. Castellón, 1 ♀ ( CZACC 5.0045 ), 1 juvenile (observed); idem locality, 15 March 2019, T.M. Rodríguez-Cabrera, 1 ♂ ( CZACC 5.0046 ); Banao river , near María Antonia ranger station (21.871899, -79.581114; 315 m elevation), 12 June 2019, T.M. Rodríguez-Cabrera, 1 adult, unsexed (observed); La Sabina ranger station (21.88304 -79.59868; 600 m elevation), 16 July 2019, T.M. Rodríguez-Cabrera and A.I. Castellón, 1 ♂ ( CZACC 5.0047 ) .

Figures

Figure 11. Adult female of Epiloboceracapolongoi found carrying offspring inmountain rainforest on 5October 2013, Pico San Juan Ecological Reserve, Cienfuegos province. Notice the very broad exopodite of the third maxilliped, which is a diagnostic character of this species. Photos by Ruben Marrero.