Anasimus latus

Anasimus latus is a species of crab in the family Inachoididae.[1]

Anasimus latus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Decapoda
Infraorder:
Brachyura
Family:
Inachoididae
Genus:
Anasimus
Species:
A. latus
Binomial name
Anasimus latus
Rathbun, 1894

Description

The carapace of this species has a broadly ovate shape, is rough in texture, and contains spines. It has a median row of five spines. At the distal end of the first abdominal segment, there is a long spine that points backward from the distal end.[2]

Anasimus latus has very long legs compared to the body. The carapace is less than half the length of the chelipeds in male specimens. There is a double fringe of hairs present on the last two segments of the walking legs.[2]

This species appears similar to Pyromaia cuspidata.[3]

Distribution and ecology

Anasimus latus ranges along west coast of the Atlantic Ocean from the United States to South America. It is found from Cape Lookout in North Carolina to Florida, and south through the Gulf of Mexico down to Brazil.[2] It also occurs in the West Indies.[4]

This species lives in the sublittoral zone at depths of 27–274 metres (90–900 ft). It occurs on coarse sand, among coral, in coral sand, and also on mud and shell substrates.[2][4]

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References
  1. Peter Davie (2010). "Anasimus latus Rathbun, 1894". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
  2. Harriet Perry; Kirsten Larsen (April 24, 2004). "Anasimus latus Rathbun, 1894: Stilt Spider Crab" (PDF). Picture Guide to Shelf Invertebrates of the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission. Retrieved September 7, 2012.
  3. Harriet Perry; Kirsten Larsen (April 24, 2004). "Pyromaia cuspidata Stimpson, 1871: Dartnose Pear Crab" (PDF). Picture Guide to Shelf Invertebrates of the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission. Retrieved September 7, 2012.
  4. Gerhard Pohle; Fernando L. M. Mantelatto; Maria L. Negreiros-Fransozo; Adilson Fransozo. "Anasimus latus". Zooplankton of the South Atlantic Ocean. Retrieved September 7, 2012.
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