Minuca rapax (Smith 1870)
- Dataset
- Checklist of decapod crustaceans from the coast of the São Paulo state (Brazil) supported by integrative molecular and morphological data: III. Infraorder Brachyura Latreille, 1802
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Malacostraca
- order
- Decapoda
- family
- Ocypodidae
- genus
- Minuca
- species
- Minuca rapax
description
(Figure 14 F)
discussion
Remarks. Previous records on the coast of São Paulo include Cananéia (Gerlach 1958), Ubatuba, and Cubatão (Bezerra 2012). The species is morphologically close to its congeners M. burgersi and M. mordax (Masunari et al. 2020). Sequences accession number (GenBank): CCDB 4042 — 16 S (MF 490221), COI (MF 490125) (Mantelatto et al. 2018 a).
distribution
Distribution. Western Atlantic — USA (Florida), Gulf of Mexico, Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, U. S. Virgin Islands, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Colombia, Aruba, Curaçao, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela to Brazil (Amapá, Pará, Maranhão, Piauí, Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Sergipe, Bahia, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina) (Rathbun 1918; Chace & Hobbs 1969; Crane 1975; Coelho & Ramos-Porto 1995; Melo 1996; Barros & Pimentel 2001; Bezerra 2012; Sousa et al. 2015; Masunari et al. 2020).
materials_examined
Material examined. Brazil, São Paulo: 1 ♂, CCDB 5296, Ubatuba, Rio Escuro mangrove, colls. F. Mantelatto et al., 22. iv. 2012; 6 ♂, 4 ♀, CCDB 5301, Ubatuba, Rio Escuro mangrove, colls. F. Mantelatto et al., 22. iv. 2014; 22 ♂, 14 ♀, CCDB 4060, Ubatuba, Rio Escuro mangrove, colls. R. Buranelli et al., 23. iv. 2012; 9 ♂, 5 ♀, CCDB 4999, Bertioga, Rio Itapanhau mangrove, colls. R. Buranelli & L. Cerantola, 13. iv. 2014; 1 ♀, CCDB 4038, Guarujá, Bairro Cachoeira, colls. N. Rossi et al., 24. x. 2011; 4 ♂, CCDB 3207, Ilha Comprida, Rio Praia Boqueirão Preto, colls. F. Mantelatto et al., 18. iv. 2011; 1 ♂, CCDB 4233, Ilha Comprida, Rio Praia Boqueirão Preto, colls. R. Costa et al., 17. iv. 2011; 3 ♂, CCDB 4042, Ilha Comprida, beach near ferry station to Cananéia, colls. F. Mantelatto et al., 11. iii. 2012; 1 ♂, CCDB 5682, Ilha Comprida, beach near ferry station to Cananéia, colls. F. Mantelatto et al., 22. vii. 2012; 1 ♂, CCDB 4055, Cananéia, Cantagalo estuary, colls. R. Costa et al., 21. v. 2012; 5 ♂, CCDB 739, Cananéia, estuary, colls. R. Costa et al., 30. viii. 2011; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, CCDB 3479, Cananéia, Rio Bragança estuary, colls. R. Costa et al., 17. iv. 2011.
Name
- Synonyms
- Gelasimus rapax Smith 1870
- Homonyms
- Minuca rapax (Smith 1870)