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Checklist of the Terrestrial and Freshwater Decapoda of Puerto Rico CHECKLIST OF THE TERRESTRIAL AND FRESHWATER DECAPODA OF PUERTO RICO MANUEL J. VELEZ JR. Biology Department, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico URING the last few years of extensive stu- Ortmannia mexicana (de Saussure, 1858), and D dies on the millipeds of the Greater Puer- O. serrei Bouvier, 1909, however, in 1961 to Rico Region, the author became extremely Hart became aware of the fact that it was ad- interested in the geographic distribution and visable to segregate Potimirim serrei into a new certain ecological aspects of the terrestrial and monotypical genus which he named Jonga. freshwater decapods of this area. As a result Because the work that is being carried out this, a fair size collection has now been accumu- in this group at present will take some time lated, which is now being studied in order to for completion, it seems advisable to publish have a clearer picture of certain aspects of the at this time the following Checklist of The biology of these crustaceans in these islands. Terrestrial and Freshwater Decapoda as a pre- Although it seems that most species present liminary step of this project, since it should on these islands have already been reported in be of some assistance to those biologists who previous works, the latter merely indicate scat- might want to pursue studies on the biology tered records of the species involved and with of these crustaceans. Most of the common only very few exceptions (Cardisoma guanhu- species present in mangrove swamps sandy mi) has the distribution or ecology been beach shores and river banks as well as those treated extensively or adequately. The most forms of Callinectes, which might at one time important and comprehensive studies in Puerto or another go up some distance into the rivers Rico thus far, have been those Benedict (1901), have been includeded in this paper. Rathbun (1902, 1933), and Schmitt (1935). Since the synonymy of the species mentioned Only one paper (Feliciano, 1962) deals in some here is so extensive, only the most important detail with the biology of any one species specific synonymies concerned with the Puerto (Cardisoma gumhumi). The monumental mo- Rican region are given. nograph of Holthuis (1952) on the Palaemo- ninae has not only clarified the taxonomy of the genus Macrobrachium but has also added Class CRUSTACEA a new record for Puerto Rico. In a latter pu- Order DECAPODA blication the same author (1954) erected the Superorder NATANTIA genus Potimirim to replace (in part) Ortmannia Section CARIDEA Rathbun, 1902). The newly proposed genus Potimirim included two Puerto Rican species Superfamily PALAEMONOIDEA Family PALAEMONIDAE Carib. J. Sci. 7 (1-2). March-June 1967. Genus PALAEMON Weber, 1795 41 42 MANUEL J. VELEZ PALAEMON PANDALIFORMIS (Stimpson, 1871) Potimirim serrei: Holthuis, 1954. Jonga serrei Hart, 1961 (new combination). Leander pandaliformis Stimpson, 1871. Palaemon cubensis Schmitt, 1935. Genus MICRATYA Bouvier, 1925 Palaemon pandaliformis: Holthuis, 1952. Micratyia poeyi (Guerin-Meneville, 1856 Genus MACROBRACHIUM Bate, 1868 [1857]) MACROBRACHIUM ACANTHURUS (Wiegmann, Atyia poeyi Guerin-Neneville, 1856 [1857]. 1836) Micratyia poeyi: Bouvier, 1925; Schmitt, 1935. Palaemon acanthurus Wiegmann, 1836. Palaemon forceps Gundlach, 1887. Genus POTIMIRIM Holthuis, 1954 Bithynis acanthurus: Rathbun, 1902. Macrobrachium acanthurus: Schmitt, 1935; POTIMIRIM M EXICANA (de Saussure, 1858) Holthuis, 1952. Caridina mexicana de Saussure. 1858. Atyiodia potimirim Muller, 1881. M ACROBRACHIUM CARCINUS (Linnaeus, 1758) Ortmannia Potimirim: Rathbun, 1902. Ortmannia mexicana: Bouvier, 1925: Schmitt. Cancer carcinus Linnaeus, 1758. 1935. ¿Palaemon jamaicensis?: Stahl, 1883. Palaemon jamaicensis: Gundlach, 1887. Potimirim mexicana: Holthuis, 1954. Bithynis jamaicensis: Rathbun, 1902. Periclimenes portoricenis: Schmitt, 1933, 1935. Genus XIPHOCARIS von Martens. 1872 Macrobrachium jamaicensis: Schmitt, 1935. Macrobrachium olfersii: Hedgpeth, 1949; M ICRAITYA POEYI (Guerin-Meneville, 1856 Holthuis, 1952. 1856 [1857]); Gundlach, 1887; Pocock, 1889; Rathbun, 1902; Schmitt, 1935. M ACROBRACHIUM FAUSTINUM (de Saussure, 1857) Xiphocaris brevirostris Pocock, 1889. Xiphocaris gladiator Pocock, 1889. Palaemon faustinus de Saussure, 1857. Xiphocaris gladiator var. intermedia Pocock, ¿Palaemon faustinus?: Stahl, 1883. 1889. Palaemon faustinus: Gundlach, 1887. Bithynis olfersii Rathbun, 1902. Macrobrachium olfersii: Schmitt, 1935: Hol- Superorder REPTANTIA thuis, 1952. Section ANOMURA M ACROBRACHIUM HETEROCHIRUS (Wiegmann, 1836) Superfamily COENOBITOIDEA Palaemon heterochirus Wiegmann, 1836. Family COENOBITIDAE Bithynis jamaicensis: Rathbun, 1902. Macrobrachium heterochirus: Holthuis, 1952. Genus COENOBITA Latreille, 1826 SUPERFAMILY O PLOPHOROIDEA C OENOBITA CLYPEATUS (Herbst, 1791 [1796]) FAMILY A TYIDAE Cancer clypeatus Herbst, 1791 [1796]. Genus ATYIA Leach, 1817 Coenobita Diogenes: Stahl. 1883; Gundlach. 1887. A TYIA OCCIDENTALIS Newport, 1847 Coenobita diogenes: Benedict, 1902. Schmitt, 1935 Coenobita clypeatus: Schmitt, 1935. Atyia scabra Rathbun, 1902 (in part). Section BRACHYURA ATYIA SCABRA Leach, 1815; Rathbun, 1902; Superfamily BRACHYRHYNCHA Schmitt, 1935 Family PORTUNIDAE Genus JONGA Hart, 1961 ALLINECTES JONGA SERREI (Bouvier, 1909) Genus C Stimpson, 1860 Ortmannia serrei Bouvier, 1909. C ALLINECTES BOUCORTI A. Milne Edwards, Ortmannia serrei Schmitt, 1935. 1879; Rathbun, 1902, 1930, 1933 LIST OF TERRESTRIAL DECAPODA OF PUERTO RICO 43 C ALLINECTES DANAE Smith, 1852; Rathbun, Family GRAPSIDAE 1902, 1930, 1933 Genus ARATUS H. Milne Edwards, 1853 CALLINECTES EXASPERATES (Gerstaecker, 1856) ARATUS PISONII (H. Milne Edwards, 1837) Lupa exasperata Gerstaecker, 1856. Callinectes exasperatus Rathbun, 1902, 1930, Sesarma pisonii H. Milne Edwards, 1837; Stahl, 1933. 1883; Gundlach, 1887. Aratus pisonii Rathbun, 1902, 1918, 1933. CALLINECTES MARGINATUS (A. Milne Edwards, Genus CYCLOGRAPSUS H. Milne Edwards, 1837 1861) C YCLOGRAPSUS INTEGER (H. Milne Edwards, Neptunus marginatus A. Milne Edwards, 1861. Callinectes marginatus Rathbun, 1902, 1930, 1837) 1933. Grapsus integer H. Milne Edwards, 1837. Cyclograpsus integer Rathbun, 1902, 1918. C ALLINECTES ORNATUS Ordway, 1963; Rath- 1933. bun, 1902, 1930, 1933 Genus GONIOPSIS de Haan, 1833 C ALLINECTES SAPIDUS ACUTIDENS Rathbun, 1895, 1902, 1930, 1933 G ONIOPSIS CRUENTATA (Latreille, 1803) Grapsus cruentata Laterille, 1803; Stahl, 1883; Family POTAMONIDAE Gundlach, 1887. Goniopsis cruentata Rathbun, 1902, 1918, 1933. Genus EPILOBOCERA Stimpson, 1860 Genus PACHYGRAPSUS Randall, 1840 E PILOBOCERA SINUATIFRONS (A. Milne Ed- wards, 1866) PACHYGRAPSUS TRANSVERSUS (Gibbes, 1850) Boscia sinuatifrons A. Milne Edwards, 1866. Grapsus transversus Gibbes, 1850. Epilobocera cubensis Stahl, 1883. Pachygrapsus transversus Rathbun, 1902, 1918, Epilobocera . Gundlach, 1887. 1933. Epilobocera sinuatifrons: Rathbun, 1898, 1902, 1933. Genus SESARMA Say, 1817 Family OCYPODIDAE S ESARMA ANGUSTIPES Dana, 1852; Rathbun, 1918, 1933 Genus OCYPODE Fabricius, 1798 SESARMA CURACAOENSE de Man, 1892; Rath- O CYPODE ALBICANS Bose, 1902; Rathbun, bun, 1902, 1918, 1933 1902, 1918, 1933 S ESARMA RICORDI H. Milne Edwards, 1853; Ocypoda arenaria Stahl, 1883; Gundlach, 1887. Rathbun, 1902, 1918, 1933 ¿Ocypode rhombea? Gundlach, 1887. S ESARMA ROBERTI H. Milne Edwards, 1853; Genus UCA Leach, 1814 Rathbun. 1918, 1933 UCA LEPTODACTYLA Rathbun, 1898, 1902, Family GEOCARCINIDAE 1918, 1933 Genus CARDISOMA Latreille, 1825 UCA MORDAX (Smith, 1870) C ARDISOMA GUANHUMI Latreille, 1825; Stahl, Gelasimus mordax Smith, 1870. Uca mordax: Rathbun, 1902, 1918, 1933. 1883; Gundlach, 1887; Rathbun, 1902. 1918, 1933; Feliciano, 1962 U CA PUGNAX RAPAX (Smith, 1870) Genus G EOCARCINUS Leach, 1814 Gelasimus rapax Smith, 1870. Uca pugnax rapax: Rathbun, 1902, 1918, 1933. G EOCARCINUS LATERALIS (Freminville, 1835) Ocypoda lateralis Freminville, 1835. UCA THAYERI Rathbun, 1900, 1902, 1918, Geocarcinus lateralis: Stahl, 1883; Gundlach, 1933 1887; Rathbun, 1902, 1918, 1933. 44 MANUEL J. VELEZ G EOCARCINUS RURICOLA (Linnaeus, 1758) Occ. Papers Allan Hancock Found. (Univ. Sou- then California) 12: 1-396. Cancer ruricola Lannaeus 1758. — 1954 On a collection of Decapod Crushtcea from Geocarcinus ruricola: Rathbun, 1918. the Republic of El Salvador (Central America). Zool. Verhandelingen; Leiden. 23: 1-43. Genus UCIDES Rathbun, 1897 O RTMANN , A. E. 1894. A Study of the Systematic and Geographical Distribution of the Decapod UCIDES CORDATUS, (Linnaeus, 1763) Family Atyidae Kilgsley. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Philadelphia, 46: 397-416. Cancer cordatus Linnaeus 1763. — 1902. The Geographical Distribution of Fresh- Ucides cordatus: Rathbun, 1902, 1918, 1933. water Decapods and its Bearing Upon Ancient Geography. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 41: 267-400. BIBLIOGRAPHY POCOCK, R. I. 1889. Contributions to Our Knowled- ge of the Crustacea of Dominica. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., London. Ser 6. 3: 6-22. BENEDICT , L. E. 1901. The Anomuran Collections Made by the Fish Hawk Expedition to Porto Ri- RATHBUN, M. J. 1898. A Contribution to a Know- co, Bull. U.S. Fish Comm. for 1900. Gov. Prtg. ledge of the Fresh-Water Crabs of America. Off. Washington. 2: 129-148. The Pseudothelphusinae. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 21: 507-537. BOUVIER, E. L. 1909. Les Crevettes d’eau douce de la Famille des Atyides qui se trouvent dans l'ile — 1901. The Brachyura and Macrura of Porto de Cuba. Bull. Mus. Nacional d’Hist. Natur. Pa- Rico. Bull. U.S. Fish Comm. for 1900. 20 (2): ris. 15 (6): 329-336. p. 1-127 — 1925. Reserches
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