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First Record of the Caribbean Furry Lobster, Palinurellus Gundlachi (Decapoda, Synaxidae) in Puerto Rico and as a Food Item of the Red Hind, Epinephelus Guttatus (Perciformes, Serranidae)

First Record of the Caribbean Furry Lobster, Palinurellus Gundlachi (Decapoda, Synaxidae) in... FIRST RECORD OF THE CARIBBEAN FURRY LOBSTER, PALINURELLUS GUNDLACHI (DECAPODA, SYNAXIDAE) IN PUERTO RICO AND AS A FOOD ITEM OF THE RED HIND, EPINEPHELUS GUTTATUS (PERCIFORMES, SERRANIDAE) BY ERNEST H. WILLIAMS, JR. 1,3 ) and LUCY BUNKLEY-WILLIAMS 2,4 ) 1 ) Department of Marine Sciences, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, P.O. Box 9000, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 00680-9000, U.S.A. 2 ) Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, P.O. Box 9000, Puerto Rico 00680-9000, U.S.A. We obtained a 12.8 centimeter (cm) body and antennae length, 9.0 cm body length, 4.0 cm carapace length, Caribbean furry lobster, Palinurellus gundlachi (Von Martens, 1881), which had been regurgitated by a 35.6 cm total length red hind, Epinephelus guttatus (Linnaeus, 1758), taken from a fish trap placed at a depth of 18-20 m off La Parguera, Puerto Rico, 16 November 2002 (fig. 1). This rather rare, cryptic species generally occurs from the southeast coast of Florida, through the Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, throughout the Lesser Antilles, and Yucatán (Manning, 1977; Abele & Kim, 1986; Holthuis, 1991); Costa Rica (Vargas & Cortés, 1999) the Dominican Republic (Bonnelly de Calventi, 1982), St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands (Colin et al., 1978), Suriname and French Guiana http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Crustaceana Brill

First Record of the Caribbean Furry Lobster, Palinurellus Gundlachi (Decapoda, Synaxidae) in Puerto Rico and as a Food Item of the Red Hind, Epinephelus Guttatus (Perciformes, Serranidae)

Williams, Jr., Ernest; Bunkley-Williams, Lucy
Crustaceana , Volume 83 (7): 3 – Jan 1, 2010
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FIRST RECORD OF THE CARIBBEAN FURRY LOBSTER, PALINURELLUS GUNDLACHI (DECAPODA, SYNAXIDAE) IN PUERTO RICO AND AS A FOOD ITEM OF THE RED HIND, EPINEPHELUS GUTTATUS (PERCIFORMES, SERRANIDAE) BY ERNEST H. WILLIAMS, JR. 1,3 ) and LUCY BUNKLEY-WILLIAMS 2,4 ) 1 ) Department of Marine Sciences, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, P.O. Box 9000, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 00680-9000, U.S.A. 2 ) Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, P.O. Box 9000, Puerto Rico 00680-9000, U.S.A. We obtained a 12.8 centimeter (cm) body and antennae length, 9.0 cm body length, 4.0 cm carapace length, Caribbean furry lobster, Palinurellus gundlachi (Von Martens, 1881), which had been regurgitated by a 35.6 cm total length red hind, Epinephelus guttatus (Linnaeus, 1758), taken from a fish trap placed at a depth of 18-20 m off La Parguera, Puerto Rico, 16 November 2002 (fig. 1). This rather rare, cryptic species generally occurs from the southeast coast of Florida, through the Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, throughout the Lesser Antilles, and Yucatán (Manning, 1977; Abele & Kim, 1986; Holthuis, 1991); Costa Rica (Vargas & Cortés, 1999) the Dominican Republic (Bonnelly de Calventi, 1982), St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands (Colin et al., 1978), Suriname and French Guiana

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