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0380B94CFFC5666F9FD9FF69FBE8ED59.text	0380B94CFFC5666F9FD9FF69FBE8ED59.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Callinectes bocourti A. Milne-Edwards 1879	<div><p>Callinectes bocourti A. Milne-Edwards, 1879</p> <p>Fig. 4 A, B, C, D</p> <p>Cancer pelagicus de Geer, 1778: 427, pl. 26, figs. 8–11 [not C. pelagicus Linnaeus 1758].</p> <p>Callinectes diacanthus var. cayennensis A. Milne-Edwards, 1879: 226. [type-locality: (French) Guiana; type in MNHN].</p> <p>Callinectes bocourti A. Milne-Edwards, 1879: 226 [type material: 2 syntypes in MNHN, Mullins River, (British Honduras)].— Rathbun 1896: 360: pl. 16; pl. 24, fig. 7; pl. 25, fig. 6; pl. 26, fig. 6; 1900: 49; 1930: 128, figs. 15g, 16e, 17h, 18f, Pl. 55; 1933: 49. Chace &amp; Hobbs 1969: 127, fig. 35 &amp; 37a. Williams 1974: 766, figs. 12, 18j, 20m, 22j, 27; 1984: 365, figs. 293 f, 294. Melo 1996: 313, unnumbered figure. Almerigi et al. 1999: 30. Coelho et al. 2008: 28. Ng et al. 2008: 150. Poupin 2018: 206. Mantelatto et al. 2020: 62, fig. 18E.</p> <p>Material examined. Barbados, Long Pond, St. Andrew, coastal wetland, 13̊ 15’40.6” N–59̊ 33’22.94” W, 3 ♂ CW: 97.5; 135.0; 136.0 mm (BLSZ 085). Idem, 2 ♀ CW: 109.1; 102.1 mm (BLSZ 007). Idem, 1 ♂ (Juv) CW: 38.7 mm (BLSZ 082). Idem, 1 ♀ (Juv) CW: 64.1 mm (BLSZ 083). Idem, 1 ♂ CW: 62.9 mm (BLSZ 084). Barbados, Maycocks, St. Lucy, coastal wetland, 13̊ 17’22.5456” N–59̊ 38’56.732” W, 1 ♀ CW: 71.7 mm (BLSZ 108).</p> <p>Distribution. Callinectes bocourti is found in the Western Atlantic: Florida, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, St Croix, St Martin, St Barthélemy, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia, Barbados, British Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Tobago, Trinidad, Panama, Margarita, Bonaire, Curaҫao, Colombia, Venezuela, Suriname, Republic of Guyana, French Guiana, and Brazil (Rathbun 1930; Chace &amp; Hobbs 1969; Williams 1974; Melo 1996; Poupin 2018).</p> <p>Distribution in Barbados. Archers Bay, Green Pond, Long Pond, and Maycocks [Table 1 (Site #s: 1, 2, 3 &amp; 27)].</p> <p>Habitat in Barbados. Coastal wetlands in brackish water rivers and streams with sandy and muddy bottoms, from shallow water to 2 m deep. Salinity ranges from ~ 0–45 ppt (Fig. 2A: A, B).</p> <p>Ecological notes. Callinectes bocourti is quite abundant in the Long Pond wetland. Specimens were caught both during the day and night; however, they are easier to catch at night due to their congregation in large numbers on the edges of the pond, where they feed on juvenile Palaemon pandaliformis (Stimpson, 1871) and Oreochromis mossambicus [(Peters, 1852) (N. Parasram, Pers. Obs.)]. During the day, Callinectes bocourti can be seen in smaller numbers feeding along the edges of the Long Pond and Green Pond coastal wetlands. Throughout the rainy season, the bank of the Long Pond wetland overflows and numerous smaller ponds are formed outside of the main pond system; when this occurs, juvenile Callinectes bocourti also occupy these shallow areas (0.3 m deep). Three mating pairs were seen in February 2020 during a night survey at Long Pond. Callinectes bocourti were caught with baited traps (Fig. 3A, B), hand nets (Fig. 3D), cast nets, and seine nets. Callinectes bocourti was collected along with Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896, and Callinectes danae Smith, 1869, at the Long Pond wetland.</p> <p>Remarks. Williams (1974) reported one (1) male specimen collected by P.W. Hummelinck from an unknown river pool in Holetown in 1964. This specimen is stored at the USNM under the catalogue number 23456. Two morphotypes of Callinectes bocourti were collected during the present study in Barbados. Locally, this species is important in subsistence fishing (N. Parasram, Pers. Obs.). Regionally, Callinectes bocourti is of commercial importance throughout the Caribbean and South America (Venezuela, Suriname, and Brazil). However, landing statistics are not collected separately for this species; instead, it is included in the statistics for all Callinectes spp. caught for consumption (Gore &amp; Grizzle 1974; Williams 1974; Tavares 2002).</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/0380B94CFFC5666F9FD9FF69FBE8ED59	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Parasram, Nadeshinie;Santana, William;Vallès, Henri	Parasram, Nadeshinie, Santana, William, Vallès, Henri (2021): Updated checklist of semi-terrestrial and estuarine crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) of Barbados, West Indies. Zootaxa 5052 (4): 451-485, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5052.4.1
0380B94CFFC6666F9FD9FC74FEA2E9B6.text	0380B94CFFC6666F9FD9FC74FEA2E9B6.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Callinectes danae S.I.Smith 1869	<div><p>Callinectes danae Smith, 1869</p> <p>Fig. 5 A, B</p> <p>Callinectes diacanthus Latrielle, 1825: 190.— Ordway, 1863: 575 [not C. diacanthus Latrielle 1825]. A. Milne-Edwards, 1879, p. 226 [var. of C. diacanthus]. Young, 1900: 186 (pro part).</p> <p>Lupa dicantha Dana, 1852: 272, [type: 1 ♂, dry, USNM 2371, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil]; 1855, pl. 16, fig. 7a–c.</p> <p>Callinectes danae Smith, 1869: 7 [syntypes: 1 ♂, 1 ♀, MCZ 5143; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, YPM 824, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, C.F. Hartt (coll.)].— Rathbun 1896: 357: pl. 16; pl. 24, fig. 4; pl. 25, fig. 3; pl. 26, fig. 3; 1900: 48; 1930: 118, figs. 15 d, 16 b, 17 b, 18 d, Pl. 51; 1933: 49. Chace &amp; Hobbs 1969: 130, fig. 37b. Williams 1974: 746, figs. 7, 18 e, 20 e–f, 22 e, 24; 1984: 367, figs. 293 d, 295. Melo 1996: 314, unnumbered figure. Coelho et al. 2008: 28. Ng et al. 2008: 150. Poupin 2018: 207. Mantelatto et al. 2020: 63, fig. 18F.</p> <p>Material examined. Barbados, Long Pond, St. Andrew, 13̊ 15’40.6” N–59̊ 33’22.94” W, coastal wetland, 1 ♂ CW: 75.4 mm (BLSZ 077). Idem, 1 ♂ CW: 73.5 mm (BLSZ 093).</p> <p>Distribution. Callinectes danae is found in the Western Atlantic: Bermuda, Florida, Texas, Mexico, Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, St. Thomas, St Croix, St Martin, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Lucia, Barbados, Honduras, Panama, Trinidad, Isla los Roques, Isla de Providencia, Margarita, Tortuga, Curaçao, Aruba, Colombia, Venezuela, and Brazil (Rathbun 1930; Chace &amp; Hobbs 1969; Williams 1974; Melo 1996; Poupin 2018).</p> <p>Distribution in Barbados. Long Pond [Table 1 (Site #s: 3)].</p> <p>Habitat in Barbados. Coastal wetland in brackish water river system with sandy and muddy bottoms. Collected near the mouth of the wetland at 0.5 m depth, with salinity of ~ 25 ppt (Fig. 2A: A, B).</p> <p>Ecological notes. Specimens of Callinectes danae were collected both during the day and night using onion bag traps baited with chicken viscera (Fig. 3A). Callinectes danae does not appear to be as common as the other species of Callinectes in Barbados; during this study, only two specimens were collected: one in January 2019 and the other in February 2020. Callinectes danae were caught along with Callinectes bocourti and Callinectes sapidus at the Long Pond wetland.</p> <p>Remarks. Rathbun (1930) reported two (2) male specimens stored in the British Museum, collected by F. G. Beckford from Barbados; no collection date was provided by Rathbun. Callinectes danae can be identified by the shape of the four frontal teeth on the carapace; the submesial pair are smaller and more reduced than the lateral pair. The tips of male first gonopod reach past midpoint of sixth thoracic sternite (Rathbun 1930; Williams 1974; Williams 1984).</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/0380B94CFFC6666F9FD9FC74FEA2E9B6	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Parasram, Nadeshinie;Santana, William;Vallès, Henri	Parasram, Nadeshinie, Santana, William, Vallès, Henri (2021): Updated checklist of semi-terrestrial and estuarine crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) of Barbados, West Indies. Zootaxa 5052 (4): 451-485, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5052.4.1
0380B94CFFC766689FD9F99EFDDAEFCD.text	0380B94CFFC766689FD9F99EFDDAEFCD.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Callinectes sapidus Rathbun 1896	<div><p>Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896</p> <p>Fig. 6 A, B, C, D</p> <p>Portunus diacantha Latreille, 1825: 190 [name suppressed, Opinion 712].</p> <p>Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896: 352, pl. 12; pl. 24, fig. 1; pl. 25, fig. 1; pl. 26, fig. 1; pl. 27, fig. 1 [type locality restricted to “east coast of United States ” according to Williams, 1965]; 1930: 99, figs. 15 a, 16 c, 17 c, 18 a, 19, pl. 47. Chase &amp; Hobbs 1969: 133, figs. 36 &amp; 37 f. Williams 1974: 778, figs. 1, 16, 17, 19 d, 21, 23 b–c, 26; 1984: 376; figs. 293 g &amp; 299 a–d. Melo 1996: 318, unnumbered figure. Almerigi et al. 1999: 30. Coelho et al. 2008: 29. Ng et al. 2008: 151. García &amp; Capote 2015: 12. Poupin 2018: 208. Mantelatto et al. 2020: 64, fig. 18H.</p> <p>Callinectes sapidus acutidens Rathbun, 1896: 345, pls. 13, 24, fig. 2 [type: ♂, MCZ 4696, Santa Cruz (Estado de Bahia) Brazil, Thayer Expedition].</p> <p>Material examined. Barbados, Long Pond, St. Andrew, coastal wetland, 13̊ 15’40.6” N–59̊ 33’22.94” W, 1 ♀ CW: 140 mm (BLSZ 005). Idem, 1 ♂ (Juv) CW: 60.9 mm (BLSZ 092). Idem, 3 ♀ CW: 21.7; 23.4; 25.7 mm (BLSZ 094). 1 ♂ CW: 11.5 mm (BLSZ 099; MZUSP 40872; 40869; 40867; 40875. <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-59.38363&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=13.143224" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -59.38363/lat 13.143224)">Idem</a>, 1 ♂ CW: 8.5 mm (BLSZ 190; MZUSP 40875; 40874). Barbados, Cobblers Cove, St. Peter, coastal wetland, 13.14322388 N – 59.38363012 W, 1 ♂ CW: 122.5 mm (BLSZ 109).</p> <p>Distribution. Callinectes sapidus is found in the Western and Eastern Atlantic. Western Atlantic: Canada, USA (Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Potomac River, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas), Bermuda, Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Barthélemy, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, Barbados (present study), Tobago, Trinidad, Nicaragua, Curaçao, Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina. In the Eastern Atlantic: Denmark, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Ukraine, France, Romania, Italy, Bulgaria, Spain, Portugal, Croatia, Albania, Greece, Turkey, Syria, Cyprus, Lebanon, Israel, Malta, Egypt (Rathbun 1930; Chace &amp; Hobbs 1969; Williams 1974; García &amp; Capote 2015; Johnson 2015; Poupin 2018).</p> <p>Distribution in Barbados. Long Pond and Cobblers Cove [Table 1 (Site #s: 3 &amp; 23)].</p> <p>Habitat in Barbados. Coastal wetlands in brackish water rivers and streams with sandy and muddy bottoms, from 0.3–2 m deep; salinity ranges from ~ 0–25 ppt (Fig. 2A: A, B).</p> <p>Ecological notes. Adult specimens of Callinectes sapidus were only caught with baited traps (Fig. 3B) placed approximately 2 m deep at the Long Pond wetland. Juveniles were observed foraging along the mouth of the wetland and burrowing into the sandy substrate when approached. Specimens of C. sapidus were collected along with Callinectes bocourti and Callinectes danae in the Long Pond wetland, which is the only location in Barbados where all three species were caught together. C. sapidus was particularly evasive, possibly because it is heavily targeted by local fishermen who use them as bait to fish for jacks, namely Carnax hippos (Linnaeus, 1766). As a result, C. sapidus was more difficult to collect compared to the other Callinectes spp.</p> <p>Remarks. This species is of local interest for subsistence fishing. Callinectes sapidus differs from other species of this genus by the shape of the frontal margin, which has two broad triangular teeth, instead of the four seen in the other species found in Barbados. Tips of the male first gonopod do not overlap and are positioned between the fourth and fifth thoracic sternites (Rathbun 1930; Williams 1974). Callinectes sapidus is the most valuable Portunid species for commercial and recreational fisheries in the Northwest Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, and South America. Commercial landing statistics reported for C. sapidus in Area 31 (Western Central Atlantic) are 750,449 tons between 1984 and 1998 [(~ 50,029 ton /annum) (Williams, 1974; Williams 1984; Tavares 2002; Sforza et al. 2010; Garcia &amp; Capote 2015)].</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/0380B94CFFC766689FD9F99EFDDAEFCD	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Parasram, Nadeshinie;Santana, William;Vallès, Henri	Parasram, Nadeshinie, Santana, William, Vallès, Henri (2021): Updated checklist of semi-terrestrial and estuarine crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) of Barbados, West Indies. Zootaxa 5052 (4): 451-485, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5052.4.1
0380B94CFFC1666B9FD9FCE0FE37E906.text	0380B94CFFC1666B9FD9FCE0FE37E906.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Cardisoma guanhumi Latreille	<div><p>Cardisoma guanhumi Latreille in Latreille, Le Peletier, Serville &amp; Guérin, 1828</p> <p>Fig. 7 A, B, C, D</p> <p>Ocypoda gigantea Fréminville, 1835:221 [type-locality: Antilles].</p> <p>Cardisoma quadrata De Saussure, 1858:438, pl. 2, fig. 13 [type-locality: Haiti].</p> <p>Cardisoma diurnum Gill, 1862:42 [type-locality: Barbados, Grenada, and Saint Thomas].</p> <p>Cardisoma guanhumi Latreille in Latreille, Le Peletier, Serville &amp; Guérin, 1828: 685 [type-locality: Brazil; type in MNHN]. -Rathbun 1900: 15; 1918: 341, pls. 106 and 107, fig. 155; 1920: 18; 1921: 78; 1933: 94, fig. 89. Chace &amp; Hobbs 1969: 195, figs. 64, 67 a–c. Keith 1985: 274, fig. 11 F. Melo 1996: 480, unnumbered figure. Coelho et al. 2008: 38. Ng et al. 2008: 212. García &amp; Capote 2015: 16, figs. 7 k and 7 l. Guinot et al. 2018: 565, figs. 4 A–C, 5 D–F, 6 B.</p> <p>Material examined. Barbados, Long Pond, St. Andrew, mudflat, 13̊ 15’40.6” N–59̊ 33’22.94” W, 2 ♂ CW: 70.6; 80.7 mm (BLSZ 091). Idem, 1 ♂ CW: 97.0 mm, 1 ♀ CW: 83.0 mm (BLSZ 111). Idem, 1 ♂ CW: 80.7 mm (BLSZ 091; MZUSP 40856).</p> <p>Distribution. Cardisoma guanhumi is found in the Western Atlantic: Bermuda, USA (Louisiana, Florida), Bahamas, Gulf of Mexico, Andros Island, Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, Puerto Rico, St. Thomas, St. John, St. Croix, Montserrat, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, Barbados, Trinidad, Isla La Blanquilla, Islas Los Roques, Bonaire, Curaçao, Aruba, Isla de la Providencia, Colombia, and Brazil (Chace &amp; Hobbs 1969; Poupin 2018).</p> <p>Distribution in Barbados. Archers Bay, Green Pond, Long Pond, Lakes, Conset Bay, Graeme Hall, Brandons, Holetown Police Station, Holetown Hole, Coral Reef Club, Queen’s Fort, Weston, and Sherman’s. [Table 1 (Site #s: 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 &amp; 26)].</p> <p>Habitat in Barbados. Mudflat of brackish water rivers and mangrove swamps (Fig. 2B: J).</p> <p>Ecological notes. In Barbados, Cardisoma guanhumi is mostly active at night. During the daytime, they stay hidden in their burrows. However, during periods of heavy rainfall, the crabs can be seen leaving their flooded burrows and heading towards drier areas. Occupied burrows can be identified by the presence of wet mud around their entrance. Cardisoma guanhumi were seen feeding on moss, fruits, leaf litter, and chicken viscera. Ovigerous females were seen in August. Cardisoma guanhumi is known to construct deep burrows (~ 1.5–2 m) along the periphery banks of wetlands and mangrove swamps. They are also reported in areas up to ~ 5–8 km from the sea, where the burrows extend down to the water table. This species also occurs along canals and irrigation ditches, where they dwell in shallow burrows or amongst the rocks (Herreid &amp; Gifford 1963; Tavarez 2002; Arroyave-Rincón et al. 2014).</p> <p>Remarks. Cardisoma guanhumi was first reported in Barbados by Theodore N. Gill in 1862, who described it as Cardisoma diurnum, a new species for Barbados. Rathbun (1921) reported 3 specimens of C. guanhumi collected during the Barbados-Antigua expedition in 1918; these specimens were collected in a mangrove swamp, north of Bridgetown. The Smithsonian-Hartford Expedition in 1937 collected two (2) male specimens of Cardisoma guanhumi from Joe’s River, Barbados. These specimens are stored at the USNM (catalogue # 73309). Another specimen, collected by Humes A. G. and Goodingi R. U. on July 23 rd 1959, was also deposited at the USNM (catalogue # 104195). Jones (1968a: 158) reported the species Cardisoma crassum Smith, 1870 for Barbados, but this record is doubtful. His description of C. crassum matches that of a C. guanhumi specimen. Jones did not deposit the specimens of C. crassum to the Barbados Museum or at any other institution. No specimens of C. crassum were found by the present study.</p> <p>In Barbados, Cardisoma guanhumi is highly valuable for subsistence fishing and is also the main target species of “crabbing”, a large cultural event that takes place bi-annually (Roger Huston, Pers. Com.), where these crabs are harvested by the local communities for consumption. This species is extensively harvested for local and commercial consumption throughout its range in the Caribbean as well as Central and South America (Lutz &amp; Austin 1983). In countries such as Cuba, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Venezuela, and Brazil, data on landings show that C. guanhumi populations have greatly declined due to over-harvesting and habitat destruction (Rodríguez-Fourquet &amp; Sabat 2009; Carmona-Suárez 2011; Govender 2019). There are three different color varieties of C. guanhumi found in Barbados. These includes the grey (Fig. 7A), orange (Fig. 7B), and blue variety. Color varieties in C. guanhumi are a result of the effects of different combinations of pigments present in the carapace and chromatophores of the epidermis (Gifford 1962; Silva et al. 2014). Color patterns in C. guanhumi are associated with maturity and developmental stages, with orange and blue varieties reflecting the juvenile and transitional stages, respectively. The color patterns of the female adults (white, yellow and or grey) are related to ovulation (Gifford 1962; Silva &amp; Oshiro 2002; Tedford 2018).</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/0380B94CFFC1666B9FD9FCE0FE37E906	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Parasram, Nadeshinie;Santana, William;Vallès, Henri	Parasram, Nadeshinie, Santana, William, Vallès, Henri (2021): Updated checklist of semi-terrestrial and estuarine crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) of Barbados, West Indies. Zootaxa 5052 (4): 451-485, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5052.4.1
0380B94CFFC366759FD9FF21FE31EFB1.text	0380B94CFFC366759FD9FF21FE31EFB1.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Gecarcinus lateralis (Freminville 1835)	<div><p>Gecarcinus lateralis (Fréminville, 1835)</p> <p>Fig. 8 A, B, C, D</p> <p>Ocypoda lateralis Fréminville, 1835: 224 [type-localities: Martinique, Guadeloupe, Marie Galante, La Désirade, Iles des Saintes].</p> <p>Gecarcinus depressus De Saussure, 1858: 439, pl. 2, fig. 14 [type-locality: Republic of Haiti].</p> <p>Gecarcinus lateralis —Rathbun 1900: 14; 1918: 355, fig. 101 a–b, pls. 110, 120; 1933: 95, fig. 21, pl. 18 f, 1–3; 1920: 19; 1922: 79; 1933: 95, fig. 91, pl. 18 f, 1–3. Keith 1985: 274, fig. 12 A. Chace &amp; Hobbs 1969: 198, figs. 65, 67e –g. Ng et al. 2008: 215. Poupin 2018: 223. Ng et al. 2019: 99, fig. 2F.</p> <p>Material examined. Barbados, Long Pond, St.Andrew, sandy shore, 13̊ 15’40.6” N–59̊ 33’22.94” W, 5 ♂ CW: 40.5; 31.1; 28.5; 20.7; 16.5 mm (BLSZ 004). Barbados, Sandy Beach, Oistins, sandy shore, 13˚49’.56” N–59˚34’41.37” W, 1 ♀; 1 ♂ CW: 47.5; 54.6 mm (BLSZ 131).</p> <p>Distribution. Gecarcinus lateralis is found in the Western Atlantic: Bermuda, Green Turtle Cay, Great Abaco Island, Cuba, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Isla Mona, Puerto Rico, St Thomas, St Croix, St Martin, St Eustatius, Montserrat, Guadeloupe, Isla de Aves, Dominica, Martinique, St Lucia, Barbados, Blanquilla, Tortuga, Orchila, Los Roques, Bonaire, Curaçao, and Aruba (Chace &amp; Hobbs 1969; Poupin 2018).</p> <p>Distribution in Barbados. Island wide, all coastal areas on the west, north, east, and south coasts. Archers Bay, Green Pond, Long Pond, Lakes, Cattlewash, Bottom Bay, Graeme Hall, Brandons, Queens Fort, Cobblers Cove, &amp; Maycocks [Table 1 (Site #s: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 12, 13, 19, 23 &amp; 27)].</p> <p>Habitat in Barbados. Sandy shores above the high-tide mark and among coastal vegetation (Fig. 2B: I).</p> <p>Ecological notes. Gecarcinus lateralis was observed in sandy areas hidden among sparse vegetation of Sporobolus virginicus (L.), Paspalum distichum L., Ipomoea pes-caprae (L.) R. Br., Coccoloba uvifera (L.) L.,</p> <p>Chrysobalanus icaco (L.), and Sesuvium portulacastrum (L.) L. This species has been observed feeding occasionally on hawksbill sea turtle hatchlings Eretmochelys imbricata [(Linnaeus, 1766) (N. Parasram, Pers. Obs.)]. Gecarcinus lateralis inhabits a variety of habitats throughout its geographic range. It has been reported to occupy the backshore areas on sandy beaches, vegetation covered sand dunes, inland areas with thick vegetation, areas with loamy soil substrate, soil covered fossiliferous coral cliff walls, cultivated gardens, and areas with elevations of about 300 m (Martinez &amp; Bliss 1989).</p> <p>Remarks. Rathbun (1921) reported three (3) specimens of Gecarcinus lateralis collected during the University of Iowa Barbados-Antigua Expedition in 1918. This species might be occasionally used for bait by local fishermen (Julia Horrocks, Pers. Com.).</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/0380B94CFFC366759FD9FF21FE31EFB1	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Parasram, Nadeshinie;Santana, William;Vallès, Henri	Parasram, Nadeshinie, Santana, William, Vallès, Henri (2021): Updated checklist of semi-terrestrial and estuarine crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) of Barbados, West Indies. Zootaxa 5052 (4): 451-485, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5052.4.1
0380B94CFFDC66749FD9FDE6FCE8ECC9.text	0380B94CFFDC66749FD9FDE6FCE8ECC9.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Gecarcinus ruricola (Linnaeus 1758)	<div><p>Gecarcinus ruricola (Linnaeus, 1758)</p> <p>Fig. 9 A, B, C, D</p> <p>Ocypode tourlourou Latrielle, 1803: 36 [type-locality: Dominican Republic].</p> <p>Gecarcinus agricola Reichenbach, 1828: 230 [adapted from Rathbun, 1918].</p> <p>Ocypode rubra Fréminville, 1835: 22 [type-locality: Antilles].</p> <p>Cancer ruricola Linnaeus, 1758: 626 [type-locality: America].</p> <p>Gecarcinus ruricola — Rathbun 1918: 352, pls. 117, 118; 1920: 19. Chace &amp; Hobbs 1969: 200, figs. 66 &amp; 67 h–j. Keith 1985: 276, fig. 12 B. Ng et al. 2008: 215. García &amp; Capote 2015: 16, figs. 7 m – 7 p. Guinot et al. 2018: 571, fig. 7 A–D. Poupin 2018: 223, fig. 254.</p> <p>Material examined. Barbados, Crane Hotel, St. Philip, coastal cliffs, 13̊ 10’25.96” N–59̊ 44’65.73” W, 2 ♂, 1 ♀ CW: 100.2; 80.2; 80.2 mm (BLSZ 059). Idem, 1 ♀ CW: 80.2 mm (BLSZ 059; MZUSP 40855).</p> <p>Distribution. Gercarcinus ruricola is found in the Western Atlantic: Bahamas, Southern Florida, Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, Cayman Islands, St. Croix, St. Matin, St. Barthélemy, Saba, Montserrat, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Dominica, Barbados, Blanquilla, Bonaire, Curaçao, and Aruba (Chance &amp; Hobbs 1969; Poupin 2018).</p> <p>Distribution in Barbados. Crane and Bottom Bay [Table 1 (Site #s: 9 &amp; 10)].</p> <p>Habitat in Barbados. Coastal cliff under dry leaves and in coral limestone rock crevices (Fig. 2B: E, F).</p> <p>Ecological notes. Gecarcinus ruricola was collected in a clifftop that is 70 m in elevation from the beach. Here, the crabs were found hiding under piles of dry leaves from the tree Tabebuia pallida (Lindl.) Mier. Molts of the carapace and pereopods were collected ~ 150 m inland from the sea among crevices of large coral limestone formations.</p> <p>Remarks. Rathbun (1918) reported one specimen, collected by Theodore N. Gill, which is stored at the USNM under the accession number (2065). Because of its large size, Gecarcinus ruricola is also targeted by local commercial and subsistence fisheries in Barbados. However, they are sold and consumed less often than Cardisoma guanhumi or Callinectes spp. because they seem to be less abundant (N. Parasram, Pers. Obs.). We were unsuccessful in locating the work of Reichenbach (1828). Therefore, the location of the synonym Gecarcinus agricola in the publication by Reichenbach (1828) was adapted from Rathbun (1918).</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/0380B94CFFDC66749FD9FDE6FCE8ECC9	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Parasram, Nadeshinie;Santana, William;Vallès, Henri	Parasram, Nadeshinie, Santana, William, Vallès, Henri (2021): Updated checklist of semi-terrestrial and estuarine crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) of Barbados, West Indies. Zootaxa 5052 (4): 451-485, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5052.4.1
0380B94CFFDD66749FD9FC75FA63E9D2.text	0380B94CFFDD66749FD9FC75FA63E9D2.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Geograpsus lividus (H. Milne Edwards 1837)	<div><p>Geograpsus lividus (H. Milne Edwards, 1837)</p> <p>Fig. 10 A, B</p> <p>Grapsus brevipes H. Milne Edwards, 1853:170 [type-locality: Antilles].</p> <p>Geograpsus occidentalis Stimpson, 1860: 230 [type-localities: Cabo San Lucas, Estado de Baja California, Mexico].</p> <p>Orthograpsus hillii Kingsley, 1880: 194 [type-localities: West Indies and Key West, Florida].</p> <p>Geograpsus lividus —H. Milne-Edwards 1837:85. Rathbun 1900: 16; 1918: 232, pl. 55; 1920: 18; 1921: 77; 1933: 87, fig. 80, pl. 21. Hartnoll 1965: 113,114, 141,144. Chace &amp; Hobbs 1969: 157, fig. 48. Keith 1985: 270, fig. 10 B. Melo 1996: 448, unnumbered figure. Coelho et al. 2008: 41. Ng et al. 2008: 216. García &amp; Capote 2015: 17, fig. 8a. Poupin 2018: 224. Mantelatto et al. 2020: 19, fig. 6 A.</p> <p>Material examined. Barbados, St. Peters Bay, St. Peter, rocky shores, 13̊ 24’70.75” N–59̊ 64’41.37” W, 1 ♀, 1 ♂ CW: 14.4; 9.0 mm (BLSZ 073). Barbados, Sherman’s, St. Peter, rocky shore, 13̊ 16’67.5” N–59̊ 38’42.08” W, 1 ♂, 1 ♀ CW: 15.5; 21.5 mm (BLSZ 011). Idem, 1 ♂ CW:17.0 mm (BLSZ 132; MZUSP 40919).</p> <p>Distribution. Geograpsus lividus is found in the Western Atlantic and Eastern Pacific. In the Western Atlantic: Bermudas, Florida Keys, Gulf of Mexico, New Providence Island, Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Isla de Vieques, St. Thomas, St. Croix, St. Martin, Saba, Guadeloupe, Isla de Aves, Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia, Barbados, Trinidad, Margarita, Isla de Cubagua, Tortuga, Los Roques, Bonaire, Curaçao, Isla de Providencia, Colombia, Venezuela, and Brazil. In the Eastern Atlantic: from Senegal to northern Angola and Cape Verde. In the Eastern Pacific: Baja California to Chile, and Hawaii (Rathbun 1918; Chace &amp; Hobbs 1969; Melo 1996; Poupin 2018).</p> <p>Distribution in Barbados. Cattlewash, St. Peter’s Bay, and Sherman’s [Table 1 (Site #s: 5, 24 &amp; 26)].</p> <p>Habitat in Barbados. Rocky shore under debris and fragmented coral rocks (diameter size: 4–20 cm), and cobble rocks (diameter size: 10–50 cm) in supralittoral zones (Fig. 2A: C, D).</p> <p>Ecological notes. Specimens of Geograpsus lividus were collected in the same habitat as Cyclograpsus integer during the daytime. The crab can be often seen scurrying to seek shelter under the same rock/cobble or pile of debris as Cyclograpsus integer.</p> <p>Remarks. The Barbados-Antigua Expedition (1918), collected one female from Pelican Island, Barbados. This specimen is stored at USNM (Catalogue # 75247). According to Rathbun (1921), this species is nocturnal; however, Geograpsus lividus was collected during the day in the present study. Pelican Island no longer exists in Barbados as it was incorporated into the Deep-Water Harbor complex in 1961. Additionally, one (1) male specimen was deposited at the USNM (Catalogue # 76563) by G.S. Miller; this specimen was collected from Barbados in 1924.</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/0380B94CFFDD66749FD9FC75FA63E9D2	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Parasram, Nadeshinie;Santana, William;Vallès, Henri	Parasram, Nadeshinie, Santana, William, Vallès, Henri (2021): Updated checklist of semi-terrestrial and estuarine crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) of Barbados, West Indies. Zootaxa 5052 (4): 451-485, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5052.4.1
0380B94CFFDE66719FD9F9BCFF00EF05.text	0380B94CFFDE66719FD9F9BCFF00EF05.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Goniopsis cruentata (Latreille 1803)	<div><p>Goniopsis cruentata (Latreille, 1803)</p> <p>Fig. 11 A, B</p> <p>Grapsus cruentatus Latreille, 1803: 70 (type-locality: South America; type in MNHN).</p> <p>Grapsus longipes Randall, 1840: 125 [type-locality: Surinam].</p> <p>Grapsus pelii Herklots, 1851: 8, pl. 1, figs. 6, 7 [type-locality: “prope Boutry”, Ghana].</p> <p>Goniopsis cruentata —Rathbun 1900: 15, pl. 1; 1918: 236, pl. 57; 1920: 18; 1921: 77; 1933: 87, fig. 81. Hartnoll 1965: 113–115. Chace &amp; Hobbs 1969: 160, figs. 49 &amp; 52 d–f. Keith 1985: 270, fig. 10 C. Melo 1996: 449, unnumbered figure. Coelho et al. 2008: 39. Ng et al. 2008: 216. García &amp; Capote 2015: 17, fig. 8 b. Poupin 2018: 224, fig. 255. Mantelatto et al. 2020: 20, fig. 6 B.</p> <p>Material examined. Barbados, Archers Bay, St. Lucy, coastal wetland, 13̊ 19’41.9412” N–59̊ 37’50.4444” W, 1 ♂ CW: 38.5 mm (BLSZ 113). Idem, 1 ♀ ovig, CW: 34.6 mm (BLSZ 114).</p> <p>Distribution. Goniopsis cruentata is found in the Western and Eastern Atlantic. In the Western Atlantic: Bermuda, Florida, Bahamas, Mexico, Cuba, Honduras, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, St. Thomas, St. Martin, St. Croix, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, Barbados, Isla de Providencia, Curaçao, Islas Los Roques, Trinidad, Venezuela, Suriname, and Estado de Sao Paulo Brazil. In the Eastern Atlantic: from Senegal to Northern Angola (Chace &amp; Hobbs 1969; García &amp; Capote 2015; Poupin 2018).</p> <p>Distribution in Barbados. Archers Bay and Long Pond [Table 1 (Site #s: 1 &amp; 3)].</p> <p>Habitat in Barbados. Coastal wetlands; inside the crevices of coral limestone formations and in a semi-dry mudflat area (Figs. 2A: A, B; 2B: J).</p> <p>Ecological notes. One specimen of Goniopsis cruentata was seen at the Long Pond coastal wetland in February 2019 during a night-time sampling period. The crab was motionless at the edge of a Cardisoma guanhumi burrow. When approached, the crab quickly scurried into the burrow; efforts made to catch the crab were unsuccessful and repeated visits to the same site failed to reveal other specimens. However, one female (ovig) was collected in September 2020 from the Archer’s Bay coastal wetland. Goniopsis cruentata is very difficult to collect by hand or hand nets; instead, crab traps (Fig. 3C) baited with sardines and set for a twenty-four-hour sampling period were found to be most effective. Goniopsis cruentata was found inhabiting the crevices of a coral limestone cliff formation. Goniopsis cruentata is typically found in mangrove swamps throughout its range (Hartnoll 1965; Von Hagen 1977; Mckeon &amp; Feller 2004; Rodriguez de Lira et al. 2013; Hirose et al. 2015; Poupin 2018). However, the present study did not collect Goniopsis cruentata in mangrove habitats. Today, the mangrove habitats in Barbados consist of small patches (see Table 1) of remnant forests, which were once widespread, but were largely cleared to make space for agriculture and other development.</p> <p>Remarks. Rathbun (1918), reported one female specimen collected by H.M. Lefroy in a mangrove swamp at Brandons on the west coast of Barbados; this specimen is stored at the USNM under the catalogue number 26410. It was collected before the Barbados-Antigua Expedition in 1918; however, no date was provided by Rathbun. The Barbados-Antigua expedition collected three males and one female specimen of Goniopsis cruentata from a different mangrove swamp in Bridgetown, Barbados. These specimens were deposited at the USNM (Catalogue # 58003).</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/0380B94CFFDE66719FD9F9BCFF00EF05	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Parasram, Nadeshinie;Santana, William;Vallès, Henri	Parasram, Nadeshinie, Santana, William, Vallès, Henri (2021): Updated checklist of semi-terrestrial and estuarine crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) of Barbados, West Indies. Zootaxa 5052 (4): 451-485, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5052.4.1
0380B94CFFD866709FD9FDB9FBDBEC91.text	0380B94CFFD866709FD9FDB9FBDBEC91.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Armases ricordi (H. Milne Edwards 1853)	<div><p>Armases ricordi (H. Milne Edwards, 1853)</p> <p>Fig. 12 A, B, C, D</p> <p>Sesarma Ricordi H. Milne Edwards, 1853: 183 [type-locality: Haiti].</p> <p>Sesarma guerini H. Milne Edwards, 1853: 183 [type-locality: unknown].</p> <p>Sesarma miniate De Saussure, 1858: 442 [type-locality: Saint Thomas].</p> <p>Sesarma ricordi var. terrestris Verrill, 1908: 119, 328, pl. 11, fig. 3 [type-locality: Bermuda].</p> <p>Armases ricordi — Abele 1992: 526–527, figs. 23 e, 28 e–g &amp; 30. Schubart &amp; Diesel 1998: 743–750. Diesel &amp; Schuh 1998: 423–436. Ng et al. 2008: 220. Poupin 2018: 228.</p> <p>Material examined. Barbados, Long Pond, St. Andrew, mudflat, 13̊ 15’40.6” N–59̊ 33’22.94” W, 3 ♂; 1 ♀ CW: 13.4; 12.8; 12.5 mm; CW: 18.3 mm (BLSZ 002), 1 ♀ CW: 14.6 mm (BLSZ 078). Barbados, Sherman’s, St. Peter, mudflat, 13̊ 16’67.5” N–59̊ 38’42.08” W, 1 ♂ CW: 15.8 mm (BLSZ 079). Barbados, Long Pond, St. Andrew, mudflat, 13̊ 15’40.6” N–59̊ 33’22.94” W, 2 ♂, 1 ♀ CW: 1.7, 1.8, 1.5 mm (BLSZ 192; MZUSP 40906; MZUSP 40925).</p> <p>Distribution. Armases ricordi is found in the Western Atlantic: Bermuda, Florida, Andros Island, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, St. Thomas, St. John, St. Croix, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, Isla de Providencia, Barbados (present study), Tobago, Trinidad, Isla los Roques, Curaçao, Isla de Margarita, Isla de Cubagua, Isla de Tortuga, and Suriname (Chace &amp; Hobbs 1969; Abele 1992; Poupin 2018).</p> <p>Distribution in Barbados. Long Pond and Sherman’s [Table 1 (Site #’s: 3 &amp; 26)].</p> <p>Habitat in Barbados. Mudflats along the banks of estuarine wetlands under various forms of debris (Fig. 2B: J).</p> <p>Ecological notes. Armases ricordi was recorded approximately 10–30 m away from the high-water mark on the banks of the Long Pond wetland. Specimens were found under debris of dry coconut leaves and inside the shells of dry coconuts; they were also collected from floating debris (coconut shells, branches, and plastic bottles) along the bank of the Long Pond wetland. Minuca burgersi was seen in the same area and sometimes under the same debris as Armases ricordi. Specimens were collected both during the day and night-time periods. This species is not as common as Armases roberti.</p> <p>Remarks. Armases ricordi is identified by the presence of pubescence on the dorsal surface of the carapace; the third and fourth pereiopods are longer than the second and fifth pereiopods. The second and third pereiopods are armed with tuft of setae on ventral surface of propodus and dactylus (Abele 1992).</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/0380B94CFFD866709FD9FDB9FBDBEC91	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Parasram, Nadeshinie;Santana, William;Vallès, Henri	Parasram, Nadeshinie, Santana, William, Vallès, Henri (2021): Updated checklist of semi-terrestrial and estuarine crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) of Barbados, West Indies. Zootaxa 5052 (4): 451-485, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5052.4.1
0380B94CFFD966739FD9FCBDFD50EE99.text	0380B94CFFD966739FD9FCBDFD50EE99.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Armases roberti (H. Milne Edwards 1853)	<div><p>Armases roberti (H. Milne Edwards, 1853)</p> <p>Fig. 13 A, B, C, D</p> <p>Sesarma roberti H. Milne Edwards, 1853: 182.</p> <p>Sesarma bromeliarum Rathbun, 1896: 143 [type-locality: Rio Cobre (St. Catherine), Jamaica; P.W. Jarvis (coll.); type in USNM 19406].</p> <p>Armases roberti — Abele 1992: 526–527, figs. 23 c, 26 &amp; 27. Schubart &amp; Diesel 1998: 743–750. Diesel &amp; Schuh 1998: 423–436. Ng et al. 2008: 220. Poupin 2018: 227, fig. 260.</p> <p>Material examined. Barbados, Long Pond, St. Andrew, coastal wetland, 13̊ 15’40.6” N–59̊ 33’22.94” W, 1 ♂; 2 ♀ CW: 12.1; 28.4, 17.8 mm (BLSZ 001). Barbados, Joe’s River, St. Andrew, freshwater, 13̊ 21’68.55” N–59̊ 52’75.17” W, 1 ♀ CW: 11.6 mm (BLSZ 076). Idem, 2 ♂ CW: 24.7; 14.4 mm (BLSZ 075). Idem, 3 ♂ CW: 20.7; 20.3; 17.3 mm (BLSZ 116). Idem, 2 ♂ CW: 17.6; 15.5 mm, 1 ♀ CW: 21.1 mm (BLSZ 130). Barbados, Lakes River, St. Andrew, freshwater, 13̊ 14’14.13” N–59̊ 32’45.83” W, 2 ♂, 2 ♀ CW: 3.0; 2.0; 14.6; 22.1 mm (BLSZ 053; MZUSP 40926; MZUSP 40890).</p> <p>Distribution. Armases roberti is found in the Western Atlantic: Cuba, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, St. Thomas, St. Croix, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia, Barbados, Tobago, and Trinidad (Abele 1992; Poupin 2018).</p> <p>Distribution in Barbados. Long Pond, Lakes River, Joe’s River, and Joe’s River Tributary [Table 1 (Site #s: 3, 4, 6 &amp; 7)].</p> <p>Habitat in Barbados. On the banks of estuarine streams and ponds on muddy bottoms at depths of ~ 0.5–2 m (Fig. 2A: A–B).</p> <p>Ecological notes. This species was collected approximately 150 m from the sea on the branches of trees of Terminalia catappa L., near the banks of the Long Pond wetland. When approached, the crabs would either leap into the water from the branches or jump onto other branches that were out of reach. At the Lakes River site, Armases roberti were found among dried branches of trees of Terminalia catappa L., ~ 80 m away from the sea; the crabs appeared to be feeding on green moss. Juvenile and adult crabs were seen at the mouth of the river, where specimens of Armases roberti were collected along with the crayfish Macrobrachium carcinus (Linnaeus, 1758) and another unidentified crayfish species. At the Joe’s River site, the crabs were collected ~ 84 m from the high-tide mark. Ovigerous females were collected in August 2019 and observed in November 2020. The crabs were active during the daytime periods. All specimens were collected with hand nets (Fig. 3D).</p> <p>Remarks. Specimens of Armases roberti (3 male; 4 female), were collected by the Smithsonian-Hartford Expedition (1937) in Joe’s River; they are stored at the USNM (catalogue # 73317). Although collected in 1937, Armases roberti was reported for Barbados for the first time in 1969 by Chace and Hobbs as Sesarma (Holometopus) roberti. This species is recognized by the absence of setae on the dorsal surface of the carapace and the presence of setae and spines on the dorsal and ventral surfaces of the propodus and dactylus of the walking legs; the fourth pereiopod is longer than the others (Abele 1992).</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/0380B94CFFD966739FD9FCBDFD50EE99	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Parasram, Nadeshinie;Santana, William;Vallès, Henri	Parasram, Nadeshinie, Santana, William, Vallès, Henri (2021): Updated checklist of semi-terrestrial and estuarine crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) of Barbados, West Indies. Zootaxa 5052 (4): 451-485, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5052.4.1
0380B94CFFDA66729FD9FA88FDE1ECE6.text	0380B94CFFDA66729FD9FA88FDE1ECE6.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Cyclograpsus integer H. Milne Edwards 1837	<div><p>Cyclograpsus integer H. Milne Edwards, 1837</p> <p>Fig. 14 A, B, C, D</p> <p>Cyclograpsus integer H. Milne Edwards, 1837: 79 [type-locality: Brazil; type in MNHN].—Rathbun 1900: 18; 1918: 326, figs. 1 &amp; 2, Pl. 97; 1933: 92, fig. 86. Hartnoll 1965: 114, 115, 141, 143, 144. Griffin 1968: 243, fig. 4 h. Chace &amp; Hobbs 1969: 173, figs. 55, 58 b–d. Keith 1985: 272, fig. 11 C. Melo 1996: 465, unnumbered figure. Coelho et al. 2008: 41. Ng et al. 2008: 226.— García &amp; Capote 2015: 19, fig. 9 c. Poupin 2018: 228, fig. 261. Mantelatto et al. 2020: 25, fig. 8 A.</p> <p>Cyclograpsus occidentalis A. Milne-Edwards, 1878: 228 [type-locality: Cape Verde Islands].</p> <p>Cyclograpsus parvulus De Man, 1896: 350.</p> <p>Material examined. Barbados, Sherman’s St. Peter, rocky shore, 13̊ 16’67.5” N–59̊ 38’42.08” W, 2 ♂ CW: 10.4; 8.0 mm (BLSZ 072). Barbados, St. Peters Bay, St. Peter, rocky shore, 13̊ 16’67.5” N–59̊ 38’42.08” W, 1 ♀ (ovig), 1 ♀, 1 ♂ CW: 10.7; 9.5; 9.4 mm (BLSZ 073). Idem, 1 ♂ CW: 0.8 mm (BLSZ 191; MZUSP 40919).</p> <p>Distribution. Cyclograpsus integer is found in the Western and Eastern Atlantic and Eastern Pacific. In the Western Atlantic: Bermuda, Florida, San Salvador Island, Cuba, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, St. Thomas, St. Martin, St. Croix, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Barbados (present study), Isla de Cubagua, Tortuga, Los Roques, and Brazil. In Eastern Atlantic: from Senegal to the Congo. In Eastern Pacific: China, Taiwan, and Pacific Islands (Hartnoll 1965; Chace &amp; Hobbs 1969; Ng 2006; Poupin 2018).</p> <p>Distribution in Barbados. Cattlewash, St. Peter’s Bay, and Sherman’s [Table 1 (Site #s: 5, 24 &amp; 26)].</p> <p>Habitat in Barbados. Rocky shores; under debris, fragmented coral rocks (diameter size: 4–20 cm), and cobble rocks (diameter size: 10–50 cm) in supralittoral zones (Fig. 2A: C, D).</p> <p>Ecological notes. Cyclograpsus integer was found along with the species Geograpsus lividus; in most cases, they were collected under the same rock or debris. This species is active during the daytime. One female (ovig) was collected in March 2019.</p> <p>Remarks. There are several morphological variations seen in the specimens of Cyclograpsus integer from the Western Atlantic and East Asia. These variations in morphology seem to indicate that there may be two forms of this species, the east Asian morphotype and the American morphotype. According to Ng (2006: 502) the Asian form differs from the American form by having a very convex anterolateral margin, a distinctly converging posterolateral margin, distinct epigastric cristae, and ambulatory legs that are broad and stout. In the American form, the anterolateral margin is less convex, the posterolateral margin is subparallel, epigastric cristae are not distinct, and the ambulatory legs are slender and narrow. Cyclograpsus integer can be identified by the presence of alternating bands of short setae on the propodus and dactylus of walking legs; the third and fourth pereiopods are longer than others (Griffin 1968).</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/0380B94CFFDA66729FD9FA88FDE1ECE6	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Parasram, Nadeshinie;Santana, William;Vallès, Henri	Parasram, Nadeshinie, Santana, William, Vallès, Henri (2021): Updated checklist of semi-terrestrial and estuarine crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) of Barbados, West Indies. Zootaxa 5052 (4): 451-485, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5052.4.1
0380B94CFFD4667D9FD9FF69FBA6E981.text	0380B94CFFD4667D9FD9FF69FBA6E981.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Minuca burgersi (Holthuis 1967)	<div><p>Minuca burgersi (Holthuis, 1967)</p> <p>Fig. 1 A, B, C, D</p> <p>Gelasimus affinis Streets, 1872: 131 [type-locality: Saint Martin].</p> <p>Gelasimus vocator Kingsley, 1880: 147 [type-locality: Saint Martin].</p> <p>Uca burgersi Holthuis, 1967: 51 [type-locality: Curaҫao]. Jones 1968b: 189. Chase &amp; Hobbs 1969: 207, figs. 70, 71 a–d. Crane 1975: 168, pl. 24 E–H, figs. 31H, 54G, 66F, 100. Jones 1980: 47. Abele &amp; Kim 1986: 56. Melo 1996: 487. Coelho et al. 2008: 42. Felder et al. 2009: 1087, tab. 1.</p> <p>Minuca burgersi — Shih et al. 2016: 154, fig. 9 H; Poupin 2018: 229; Mantelatto et al. 2020: 45, fig.14 D.</p> <p>Material examined. Barbados, Long Pond, St. Andrew, coastal wetland, 13̊ 15’40.6” N–59̊ 33’22.94” W, 14 ♂, 1 ♀ (ovig) CW:11.6; 11.7; 10.6; 14.7; 12.2; 12.2; 10.3; 12.2; 13.5; 12.6; 10.1; 11.3; 10.3; 10.0; 11.2 mm (BLSZ 101). Barbados, Weston, St. James, mangrove swamp, 13̊ 12’58.3488” N–59̊ 38’28.8024” W, 3 ♂, 1 ♀ (ovig) CW: 12.5; 14.1; 12.1; 11.1 mm (BLSZ 104). Idem, 1 ♂, 1 ♀ CW: 1.0; 0.9 mm (BLSZ 103; MZUSP 40903).</p> <p>Distribution. Minuca burgersi is found in the Western Atlantic: Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Bimini Island, Rum Cay, Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, St. Thomas, St. Croix, St. John, Tortola, Anguilla, St. Martin, St Barthélemy, Barbuda, Nevis, Antigua, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, Barbados, Isla de Aves, Tobago, Trinidad, Bonaire, Curaçao, Aruba, Swan Island, Colombia, and Brazil (Chace &amp; Hobbs 1969; Bezerra 2012; Poupin 2018).</p> <p>Distribution in Barbados. Green Pond, Long Pond, Weston, and Cobbles Cove [Table 1 (Site #s: 2, 3, 20, &amp; 23)].</p> <p>Habitat in Barbados. Coastal wetlands and mangrove swamps in mudflats areas [(Figs. 2A: A–B; 2B: G– H)].</p> <p>Ecological notes. This species was collected in the same coastal wetland and mangrove swamp habitats as Armases ricordi and Cardisoma guanhumi. Ovigerous females were collected in September 2018 and August 2020. Crabs were seen feeding on discarded Zea mays Linnaeus, and chicken viscera. Specimens were collected by hand and with the aid of hand nets (Fig. 3D).</p> <p>Remarks. Jones (1968b: 189) reported a fragmented specimen of Uca burgersi collected from Bathsheba, St. Joseph, in the vicinity of Joe’s River. Additionally, Crane (1975: 603) reported specimens of Uca (Minuca) burgersi collected from Payne’s Bay (St. James Parish), Barbados. These specimens (40 male and 9 female) were examined by Bezerra (2012) in his review of the genus Uca. The crabs were collected in February 1948 by J. Crane from Payne’s Bay, and were deposited at the USNM (catalogue # 138500). The taxonomy of the genus Uca Leach, 1814, has recently changed to Minuca. This change was based on molecular evidence that indicated that all subgenera of the genus Uca should be considered full genera (see Shih et al. 2016). Thurman et al. (2021), who collected specimens of Minuca burgersi from Barbados in 2018 (Julia Horrocks, Pers. Com.) found that the Caribbean population of Minuca burgersi shows morphological and genetic divergence from the South American population of this species.</p> <p>The previous records of the species Uca (Minuca) mordax (Smith, 1870) by Rathbun (1921: 79) and Minuca rapax (Smith, 1870) by Poupin (2018: 230) warrant some caution. Poupin mentions the report by Crane (1975: 196) of Uca (Minuca) rapax rapax for Barbados. However, Crane (1975) mentions Barbados in the list of locations where materials of Uca (Minuca) rapax rapax collected during field surveys, but there is no mention of the number of specimens of Uca (Minuca) rapax rapax collected from Barbados, nor the survey location in Barbados. The only record of materials collected from Barbados was for the species Uca (Minuca) burgersi [Paynes Bay, St. James Sector, 45 males, 18 (2 ovig) females; 40 males, 9 females (see Crane 1975: 603)]. Subsequently, the record of Uca (Minuca) rapax rapax and the material of Uca (Minuca) burgersi [45 males, 18 (2 ovig) females] were not retrieved by Bezerra (2012). The three species [Uca (Minuca) mordax, Uca (Minuca) burgersi, and Uca (Minuca) rapax] are morphologically similar; therefore, it is possible to misidentify these species. Despite significant sampling effort, we were unsuccessful in locating specimens of Minuca mordax or Minuca rapax (Smith, 1870) in Barbados. Similarly, the record of Uca pugilator (Bosc, 1801) for Barbados from Jones (1968b: 188) is doubtful. Jones did not deposit the specimens of U. pugilator at the Barbados Museum or at any other institution. A fiddler crab with the name U. pugilator is pictured on the Barbados $2.50 postage stamp in 1965. However, Holthuis (1967: 19) reported that the image on the stamp did not allow confirming the identity of U. pugilator and Crane (1975) did not report U. pugilator for Barbados. It is therefore possible that this record is a misidentification.</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/0380B94CFFD4667D9FD9FF69FBA6E981	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Parasram, Nadeshinie;Santana, William;Vallès, Henri	Parasram, Nadeshinie, Santana, William, Vallès, Henri (2021): Updated checklist of semi-terrestrial and estuarine crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) of Barbados, West Indies. Zootaxa 5052 (4): 451-485, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5052.4.1
0380B94CFFD5667E9FD9FA61FC5DEC5D.text	0380B94CFFD5667E9FD9FA61FC5DEC5D.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Ocypode quadrata (Fabricius 1787)	<div><p>Ocypode quadrata (Fabricius, 1787)</p> <p>Fig. 16 A, B</p> <p>Cancer quadratus Fabricius, 1787: 315 [type-locality: Jamaica].</p> <p>Ocypode rhombea Weber, 1795: 92.</p> <p>Ocypode rhombea Fabricius, 1798: 348 [type-locality: unknown].</p> <p>Ocypode albicans Bosc, 1802: 196 [type-locality: La Caroline].</p> <p>Ocypode albicans Latreille, 1802: 48.— Rathbun, 1918: 367, pls. 127, 128.</p> <p>Monolepis inermis Say, 1817: 157 [type-locality: Maryland].</p> <p>Ocypode arenarius Say, 1817: 69 [type-locality: United States].</p> <p>Ocypoda arenaria H. Milne Edwards, 1837: 44, pl.19, figs. 13, 14.</p> <p>Ocypode quadrata — Williams 1984: 468–9, fig. 375 a–c. Keith 1985: 276, fig. 12 c. Chace &amp; Hobbs 1969: 204, figs. 68 &amp; 69. Melo 1996: 484, unnumbered figure. Coelho et al. 2008: 41. Ng et al. 2008: 240. Poupin 2018: 231. García &amp; Capote 2015: 19, fig. 9 d. Shih et al. 2016: 143, 147.</p> <p>Material examined. Barbados, Cattlewash, St. Joseph, sandy shore, 13̊ 13’12.9” N–59̊ 31’76.0” W, 1 ♂ CW: 21.5 mm (BLSZ 080). Barbados, Long Pond, St. Andrew, sandy shore, 13̊ 15’40.6” N–59̊ 33’22.94” W, 1 ♂ (CW: 3.8mm) (BLSZ 003, MZUSP 40857).</p> <p>Distribution. Ocypode quadrata is found in the Western Atlantic: USA (Rhodes Island, Florida), Bermuda, Eleuthera Island, New Providence Island, San Salvador Island, Gulf of Mexico, Cuba, Belize, Cayman Islands, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, St. Thomas, St. Croix, St. Martin, St. Barthélemy, St. Eustache, St. Kitts, Nevis, Guadeloupe, Isla de Aves, Dominica, Martinique, Honduras, St. Lucia, Barbados, Tobago, Trinidad, Margarita, Isla de Cubagua, Blanquilla, Tortuga, Orchila, Los Roques, Curaçao, Aruba, Isla de Providencia, Swan Island, Colombia, Venezuela, Republic of Guyana, Costa Rica, and Brazil (Chace &amp; Hobbs 1969; Melo 1996; Sakai &amp; Türkay 2013; Poupin 2018).</p> <p>Distribution in Barbados. Island wide; all coastal areas on the north, east, south, and west. Green Pond, Long Pond, Brandons, Fitts Village, Holetown Police Station, Weston, and Sherman’s [Table 1 (Site #s: 2, 3, 13, 14, 16, 20 &amp; 26)].</p> <p>Habitat in Barbados. Sandy shores and supralittoral zones along the shoreline (Fig. 2B: I).</p> <p>Ecological notes. This species is common in Barbados. Ocypode quadrata can be found in the same sandy shore habitats as Gercarcinus lateralis in coastal wetlands. However, they are found closer to the high-water mark. Ocypode quadrata were seen feeding on Minuca burgersi at the Long Pond wetland.</p> <p>Remarks. First reported by Rathbun (1921) as Ocypode albicans using specimens collected during the Barbados-Antigua Expedition in 1918. Two (2) male specimens were collected from a beach on the south coast and one female specimen was collected from the Pelican Island (which no longer exists) in Bridgetown. The specimens are stored at the USNM (Catalogue # Unknown). Nutting (1918) also deposited one (1) male specimen of Ocypode albicans, collected on the east coast of Barbados, at the USNM (Catalogue # 68833). One (1) female specimen of Ocypode quadrata was deposited at the USNM (Catalogue # 73313) by Schmitt, W. l., collected during the Smithsonian-Hartford Expedition (1937). Jones (1968a: 161) reported the species Ocypode occidentalis Stimpson, 1860, for Barbados. However, the description provided by Jones for O. occidentalis is very similar to that of a juvenile O. quadrata specimen. Jones did not deposit the specimens of O. occidentalis at the Barbados Museum or at any other institution; thus, the record of O. occidentalis for Barbados is doubtful.</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/0380B94CFFD5667E9FD9FA61FC5DEC5D	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Parasram, Nadeshinie;Santana, William;Vallès, Henri	Parasram, Nadeshinie, Santana, William, Vallès, Henri (2021): Updated checklist of semi-terrestrial and estuarine crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) of Barbados, West Indies. Zootaxa 5052 (4): 451-485, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5052.4.1
