Thoe aspera Rathbun, 1901

Thoe aspera Rathbun, 1901 View in CoL

( Fig. 2A–D View Figure 2 )

Thoe aspera Rathbun, 1901: 63 View in CoL , text-fig. 10 [type locality: Ensenada Honda, Culebra, Puerto Rico, type material: male holotype (USNM 23773)]. — Rathbun, 1925:352, text-fig.114, pl. 124, figs.4–5. — Rathbun, 1933: 22. — Vélez, 1978: 74, text-fig. 4. — Coelho, 1971: 141. — Coelho, 1972: 214. — Fausto-Filho, 1974: 82. — Fausto-Filho, 1975: 82. — Markham et al., 1990: 431. — Melo, 1996: 250, 1 text-fig. — Coelho et al., 2008: 24. — Alves et al., 2012: 57. — Windsor and Felder, 2014: 167.

Type material examined. Adult male, holotype (cl 10 mm, cw 7.84 mm), 1 female, paratype ( USNM 23773 About USNM ), Puerto Rico, Ensenada Honda, Culebra Island , 18°18’18.0”N 65°18’05.0”W, R/V “Fish Hawk”, 9–10. ii.1899 ( Fig. 2C, D View Figure 2 ) GoogleMaps .

Additional material examined. 1 juvenile male ( UF 44442 ), Panama, Bocas del Toro Province, Runway , 23.v.2016, Leray, M., Michonneau, F. and Lasley, R. col. ; 1 female ( UF 44492 ), Panama, Bocas del Toro Province, Seagal , 09°17’21.3”N 82°17’44.6”W, 25.v.2016, Leray, M., Michonneau, F. and Lasley, R. col. GoogleMaps ; 1 female ( UF 44330 ), Mexico, Punta Puebla, 16.v.2016, Leray, M., Michonneau, F., Lasley, R. col. ; 1 male ( MNHN IU 2014-16077 ), Martinique, Grande anse du Diamant, Madibenthos Expedition , stn. AR129, 14°28’07.9968”N 61°01’08.0004”W, depth 6 m, 15.ix.2016 GoogleMaps ; 1 ovigerous female ( MNHN IU 2014-16221 ), Martinique, Le Robert, Madibenthos Ex pedition, stn. A B193, 14°41’18.9996”N 60°50’9.996”W, depth 18 m, 19.ix.2016 GoogleMaps ; 1 ovigerous female ( MNHN IU2014-16238 ), Martinique, Grande anse du Diamant, Madibenthos Expedition , stn. AR129, 14°28’07.9968”N 61°01’08.0004”W, 6 m, 15.ix.2016 GoogleMaps ; 1ovigerous female( MNHN IU2017-1638 ), Martinique, Le Vauclin, Madibenthos expedition, stn. AB130, 14°32’00.0024”N 60°48’56.9988”W, depth 1 m, 20.ix.2016 GoogleMaps ; 2 females ( USNM 1269593 About USNM ), Trinidad And Tobago, Man-O-War Bay, Charlottleville , 3.vii.1939, Hardy, J.D. col., i.2015, Windsor, A. det. ; 1 male, 2 juvenile males (cl 7.5 mm, cw 6.78 mm) ( MZUSP 41773 View Materials ), Brazil, Pernambuco, Suape , depth 4 m, 26.x.2018, Bochini, G. and Almeida A. col. ; 1 female, ( LSZ 185 ), Brazil, São Paulo, Ilhabela, Ilha da Vitória , depth 5 m, up to coral Madracis decactis fragments, 14.xii.2017, Moraes, I.R.R. and Cobo, V.J. col ( Fig. 2A, B View Figure 2 ).

Emended diagnosis. Carapace armed with sharp spines and tubercles, 2 short spines at posterolateral angles. Rostral spines separated by a large V-shaped sinus.Basal article of antenna longer than broad, with 2 distal spines.Palm of cheliped 3times longer than wide. Merus of legs (P2–P5) with moderately dilated crests (meral extensions) in lateral margin.

Habitat. Reef zone, between coral fragments and among algae covering coral rubble ( Markham et al., 1990).

Type locality. Ensenada Honda, Culebra, Puerto

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Distribution. Western Atlantic: México, Puerto Rico, Panama, Martinique, Trinidad and Tobago, Colombia and Brazil (in the states of Pernambuco, Alagoas, and São Paulo)( Rathbun, 1901; Coelho,1971;