Gastroptychus spinifer (A. Milne-Edwards, 1880)

Vazquez-Bader, Ana Rosa & Gracia, Adolfo, 2016, Diversity and distribution of Chirostyloidea and Galatheoidea (Decapoda, Anomura) in the Southern Gulf of Mexico, ZooKeys 612, pp. 1-30 : 3

Taxon classification Animalia Decapoda Chirostylidae

Gastroptychus spinifer (A. Milne-Edwards, 1880)

Material examined.

BATO stn. 20, 3 males; stn. 32, 1 male; stn. 33, 1 ovigerous female; stn. 34, 2 ovigerous females.

Remarks.

We collected only seven specimens (males CL 13.5-16.2; ovigerous females CL = 21.7-23.5 mm); 299-562.5 m. The ovigerous females distributed deeper (414.5-562.5 m) than males (299.0-311.8 m). These records are the first in the in SSW sector (Bank of Campeche), previous distribution was reported in NNE, NNW, and ESE of the Gulf of Mexico ( Felder et al. 2009).