Extension of geographical range and first record of Trizocarcinus Rathbun, 1914 (Brachyura: Euryplacidae) from the Western Tropical South Atlantic

Extension of geographical range and first record of Trizocarcinus Rathbun, 1914 (Brachyura: Euryplacidae) from the Western Tropical South Atlantic

Abstract Here, we report the first occurrence of Trizocarcinus Rathbun, 1914 (Brachyura: Euryplacidae) from the South Atlantic (Brazil). Trizocarcinus tacitus Chace, 1940 was collected in the upper continental slope of the Potiguar Basin, northeastern Brazil. The new record expands by 3000 km the so...

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Main Authors: Flavio de Almeida Alves-Júnior, Peter K.L. Ng, Peter Castro, Fernando L. Mantelatto, Jesser F. Souza-Filho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Carcinologia 2020-07-01
Series:Nauplius
Subjects:
Brazil
continental slope
deep-sea
Goneplacoidae
Potiguar Basin
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-64972020000100220&tlng=en
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Summary:Abstract Here, we report the first occurrence of Trizocarcinus Rathbun, 1914 (Brachyura: Euryplacidae) from the South Atlantic (Brazil). Trizocarcinus tacitus Chace, 1940 was collected in the upper continental slope of the Potiguar Basin, northeastern Brazil. The new record expands by 3000 km the southern distribution of the species in the Western Atlantic.
ISSN:2358-2936

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