Rev. Biol. Trop., 41 (3): 599-617, 1993 Anumunm and Brachyuran crabs of Costa Rica: anootated list uf species DennísA. Moran'and Ana 1. Diuel2" Museode Zoología . Escuelade Biología, Univemdadde CosUlRica, San Pedro, San José,Rica COSUl 1 Presentadd ress:F.O.BoJ!. 73, BastBlue Hin,Maine 04629, USA. • !ladress: University Delaware, Collegeof Marine Studies, Lewes, 19958 • USA. • Prese:nt of DE. Authorfor reprint requesu. (Rec.6-X- 1992.Acep. 16- ill-1993) Ab*ad: Fifty sevenspeciell of anomunm ano bmchyuran cmbi Dew ferCOSUl Rica and depoeitedin theMuseo de Zoologíaoí the Universidad deCosUl Rica were identified. Twentyfive speciesoC these occur 00 the Pacific side and 32 00 the Atlantic side of the coont¡y. FOOl"of the 24 species froro the PacificC08lIt could be coosiderea significant fu:lds:PaglUistu praedator, P. Jwlmesi, EpiIJltWlswcÍTostris anaPillU1lliWl tOWJ'lSendinave unti1DOW ooly been ­ repor ted fromMéxico and AclVlthocarpw<klso/ar¡ has beenreponed ooly from Perú. An anootatedlist of the 257speci es reportedCOI" Costa Rica is aboincluded. Key WOIrdm Crabs,taxooom y, distribulioo,Costa Rica, DeW recoros. Tbe lack oí systematic wO!k for identiflca­ meos from materials new foc Costa Rica. Too tion of marine invertebrate species in Central muerwece then sent10 the following specia­ America has been lamented in tbe past (Moran lists Cor eonfirmation: Janet Haig of the 1984).ln CostaRica , thissituation is doo10 the AUan Haneock FOl.mdation (Anomura); scarcity of trmned taxonomists ratner lhan any Austin Williams of !he Nadonal Fisheries lack oí interest on !he part of biology students Service Systematics Laboratocy, National and educa1Ors. Toe Zoology Museum al the Museum oí Natural History, Smithsonian University oí Costa Rica's School oí Biology Institution (Brachyura); and Mary Wicksten contams an exrensive collection of marine spe­ of Texas A & M. University (Brachyura). cirnms. the result oí over thlrty years of spora­ Duplicare material was donated 10 fue aboye die but numerous fieId trips 10 tOe country's institutions. Paciflc and Caribbean ooasts. TOe purpose of The classification oí fue faroilies was done this project. which began in 1984. is lO syste­ according10 Bowman andAbele (1982). matize a11 existing material pertaining 10 fue lnfrnorders Anomuraand Brachyura and report species ootpreviously recorded fO! Costa Rica. RESULTS The foHowing species have not been re­ MATERIAL ANOMETHODS ported previously from Costa Rican waters. They are arranged by family, wito collection Tbe fu-st task was lO compile a list of spe­ dataand range informatioll. The approximare des previouslyreported. from Costa Rican wa­ location oí sites where species new to Costa terso This informatioo is presented as an anoo­ Rica were collected are shown in Fig. 1. tated species list in the Appendix. TOe secooo General observations are aIso included when task was 10 separare identifled museum speci- appropriate. REVISTADE BIOLOGIA TROPICAL ' ' 85°00 83°00 --..,.....,r-----.........�-'"'"���i"�' -�-.......--- ..........., ---,.......-----r-----,-, NICARAGUA lOO 00' 5033". 87° 06' 8')'0 03' Pi¡.1. SileS al ooneclioo ofanomuranand bracllyumncrabl new CarCosta Rica: l. PlayaPotrero 2. Playa Coochal3. Cabo Blanco4. Ceno Níspero,Río Feny Tempisque S. Gu1f ofNi�a 6. Puntaren•• 7. Playasde DoñaAna 8. Caldera9. Matade Limón 10. Río Tárc:oles 11. Punta Leona12. Punta Judas 13. PlayaHerradura 14. Playa Dominical 15. Isla delCaño 16. Punta La OIancha, 17.Playa Madrigal Rincóo de Osa18. MoulhRío ColoradoCoto 19. Isladel Cooo 20. Isla Manue1ita, Isla del 21.Coco E. Río Tortuguero22. POItet.e23. Punta Piuta 24. Puerto LimÓll2S. IslaUvita26. Cahuita27. PuertoVargas 28. PuertoVtejo. FAMILY DIOGENIDAE Clibanariuspanamensis (Stimpson, 1859) Clibanariusalbidigitus (Nobili, 1901) Material: UCR 853-002; 5 km off Caldera Material: UCR 869; Playa de Dona Ana. Bay, Puntarenas; coll. O. Blanco, August 1965 Puntarenas; coll.October 10 1970; 2 females,4 (1); 1 femate, 1 maleo UCR87 0; Rincón de ovigerous females.20 males. Osa, Puntarenas; coll.R. S.C.August 7 1969; 2 females, 2 males, 1 juvenile.UCR 871; Mata Range: Los Cóbanos. El Salvador lO Paita, de Limón, Puntarenas; coll.August 21 1967; 1 Perú (Moran. 1984). male, 1 female.UCR 989; Mata de Limón, MORAN& DITrEL: Anomuranand Brachyuran Crabs 601 Puntarenas; coll. December 3 1980; 1 speci­ Previous Range: Los Frailes & Cabo San men. UCR 1053; Punta Morales, Puntarenas; Lucas, Gulf of California, México lo north of coll. O. Breedy, August 11 1983; 1 specimen. LaLibertad, El Salvador(Haig, 1980). UCR 1124-002; Tempisque Ferry, 2 km E. of Cerro Níspero, Gulf of Nicoya, Puntarenas; FAMILY DYNOMENIDAE coll. Bussing, Camacho, González, December Dynomene ursula Stimpson, 1860 16 1975; 1 female. Material: UCR 352; Isla Murcielago, N. of Range: Santa Rosalía, Gulf of California, Isla San José,Guanacaste; coll. W. Bussing e t México lo Isla de la Correa near Capón, Pero. al. December 7 1969; 1 female. UCR 353; Isla North to Bahía de Santa María, Outer Baja del Caño, Puntarenas;coll. R. T. Nishimolo, California Peninsula (Ball& Haig, 1974). March-April 1970; 1 male, 1 female. 1 juveni­ le. UCR 419; Isla del Cafio.Puntarenas; coll. R. Paguristes holmes; Glassell, 1937 Saénz,January 25 1970; 1 male, 1 female. Material: UCR 986; 2 km offshore from Range: Espíritu Santo Istand, Gulf of mouth of Tárcoles(?) River, Puntarenas;coll. California, México lo La Plata Island,Ecuador. C. Mata, September 8-11 1970; 5 males (2 in Galápagos Islands (Garth,1966). AHFcollection). FAMlLY RANINIDAE Previous: Gulf of California (Glassell, 1937) Raninoides loevis (Latreille, 1825) Paguristes praedator Glassell, 1937 Material: UCR 142; Puerto Limón, Limón; coll. C. Kalb & R.T. Nishimoto, March 26 Material: UCR 985; Gulf of Nicoya, 1968; 1 maleo Puntarenas; coll. P. León, December 20-27, 1967; 1 maleo UC� 1277-006; Gulf of Nicoya, Range: Atlantic: South Cape Hatteras, 35° Puntarenas; [date?]! 2 males. 03.2'N 75° 35.1W; around the Gulf of México ! and southern Caribbean Sea, including Previous RaQ'ge: Off Boca de Santo Leeward Islands, to Bahía, Brazil. Pacific: Domingo, Outer Baja California lo the Gulf of Bahía Honda, Panamá to CabitaBay, Colombia California, México (Haig et al. 1970). (Rathbun, 1937; Williams, 1984). FAMlLYPORCELLANIDAE Raninoides lamarki Milne-Edwards & Neopisosoma mexicanum (Streets, 1871) Bouvíer, 1923 Material: UCR 504; Dominical, Puntarenas; Material: UCR 592; E. of the Tortuguero coll. C. Manen, November 9-10 1968; 1 male, River, Limón; coll. L. Shubel & M. Yesaki, 1 ovigerous female. October12 1970; 2 males. Range: Mazatlán, Gulf of California to Previous Range: North of Puerto Rico lo off Santa Elena Point, Ecuador. and Galápagos Colón, Panamá (Rathbun, 1937). [slands (Haig,1960). FAMILY CALAPPIDAE FAMILY HIPPIDAE Acanthocarpus de/solari Garth, 1973 Hippa strigillata (Stimpson,186O) Material: UCR 254; between Cabo Blanco Material: UCR 432-002; Isla del Caño, and Punta Herradura, Puntarenas;9° 28'N 84° Puntarenas;coll. D. Robinson & R. Saenz, 51-57'W; coll. L. Monique Gauthier, May 19- March 3 1970; 1 ovigerous femate, 5 males. 21 1970; 2 males, 1 female. UCR255; 11 miles UCR 1273-001; Conchal Norte, Guanacaste; NW of Isla del Cafio, Puntarenas;51 fathoms; coll. Low tide[date?]; 1 male, 1 female, 1 juve­ coll. R.T. Nishimoto, July 15 1969; 1 maleo nile. UCR 516; Gulf of Nicoya, Puntarenas; coll. M. REVISTADE BIOLOGIATROPICAL Gauthier, November 11 1970;1 female. UCR Previous Range: Georgia to Brazil; East 1069; Ofr Cabo Blanco, Puntarenas; coU. ¡odies; West Africa; Cape oí Good Hope west August 11 1983;1 female. to Toro Point, Canal Zone, Panamá (Holthlus, 1959). Previous Range: Banco de Mancora, Perú (Garth,1973). Mursia gaudichaudii (Milne-Edwards, 1837) Calappa cinerea Holthius, 1958 Material: VCR 248;Puntarenas, 840 50'W Material: UCR 136;Punta Piuta, Lim6n; 9° 40'N,;coll. L. Monique Gauthier, May1970; coll. October14 1967;1 female.UCR 573;Isla 1 maleo VCR 250;10 miles SW of Isla del Uvita, Lim6n; coll. C. ViUalobos, R. Saénz, Cafto, Puntarenas; 78 fathom; coU. R.T. May1970; 1 male, 1 female. Nishlmoto, July 15 1969;2 females.UeR 253; SE of Cabo Blanco, Puntarenas; 9OZ6$32' N Range: Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, 51. 85°44$52' W; col. L. Monique Gauthier, June 7- Martins. Margarita Islands, Venezuela, 8 1970;1 maleo UCR 520; Gulf of Nicoya, Netherlands Antilles (Williams.1984) Puntarenas, 9°28' N 84°49' W; coU. K. Koenig, May21 1970;1 maleo UCR 1072-002;between Calappa ocellata Holthius, 1958 Cabo Blanco and Herradura, Puntarenas; 250 m; coU. J. Campos.February 20 1985. Material: UCR 127;Punta Cahuita, Lim6n; coll. R.T. Nishimoto, December 27-28 1967;1 Range: Gulf of Farallones, California lO male. UCR 1054;between Puerto Vargas and Talcahuano,Chile (Garth,1966). Cahuita, Lim6n; 7 m, sandy substrate; 0011. J. CamposAugust 18 1984;1 male.1 femate. Osachila sona Garth, 1940 Range: CapeHaueras, North Carolina toRío Material: UCR 1609;Off Chatham Bay, Isla !.leJaneiro, Brazil; Bermuda(William s, 1984). del Coco, Puntarenas; 0.5° 34.81 N 87°00.86 W; depth of 280-290 feet; colI. J.M. Montoya, Calappa sulcata Rathbun,1898 May2 1992;1 male, 1 femate. UCR 1610;Isla del Coco, Puntarenas; OS 35.17 N 8T 01.09 Material: UCR 126;2 miles N of Puerto W; 56 fathoms deep; tangle net; coll. J .M. Lim6n, Lim6n; colI. RT. Nishimoto, April 1 Montoya, May 8 1992. VCR 1611; Off 1968;1 maleo UCR 144;Punta Cahuita, Lim6n; Chatham Bay, Isla del Coco, Puntarenas; 05° coll. RT. Nishimoto, December16 1967;1 ma­ 34.75 N 87° 02.46 W; depth of 345 feet; tangle le. UCR 532; S.E. of the Tortuguero River, net; coU. J.M. Montoya, May3 1992. Limon; coH. M. Yasaki, l. Shubel, October 12- 13 1970;1 female. Previous Range: Bahía Honda, Panamá, 30-50 fathoms (Garth, 1940). Range: Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, th­ rough Gulf of México 10 Sergipe, Brazil (Williams, 1984). FAMILY LEUCOSIDAE Persephona orbicularisBell, 1855 Hepatuspudibundus (Herbst, 1785) Material.UCR 132;between San Lucas and Islas Negritos, Gulf of Nicoya, Puntarenas; Material: UCR 125; 2 mi.
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