Palicus gracilis

Palicus gracilis is a species of stilt crab. It inhabits the floor of the eastern Atlantic Ocean.

Palicus gracilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Decapoda
Family:
Palicidae
Genus:
Palicus
Species:
P. gracilis
Binomial name
Palicus gracilis
Smith, 1883

Description

The shell and margins are convex. Anterolaterals are oblique, with a wide orbital margin. P. gracilis has two pairs of anterolateral teeth, with the outer pair being shorter that the teeth of the inner pair. There is a shallow suture between the outer and the inner pair of anterolaterals. The second pair of ambulatory legs is almost 3.5 times longer than the width of the carapace. The suborbital margin is triangular. The carpi are cylindrical, not flattened or angled.[1]

Maximum carapace width is 16 mm and length is 10.6 mm.[2]

Distribution

It has been found in dredges of the ocean floor from Massachusetts[3] to the Caribbean coast of Colombia, as well as in the Gulf of Mexico. It has been found at depths down to 180 - 504 m.[1]

References
  1. "New records of the crabs of the genus Palicus (Philippi, 1838) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Palicidae) from the Caribbean coast of Colombia". Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  2. Rathbun, 1918, The grapsoid crabs of America. US. Nat. Mus. Bul., 97: 461 p.
  3. Smith, S.I. 1883. Preliminary report on the Brachyura and Anomura dredged in deep water off the south coast of New England by the United States Fish Commission in 1889,1881, and 1882. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 6 (1/2): 1-57
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