(White, 1847)
Zoea [Xanthodius denticulatus]
¥ Number of stages in the zoeal phase: 1, but with additional undescribed stages.
¥ Morphological characters of first zoea [Table 11 First zoeae of Xanthidae]:
Carapace without medio-dorsal knob.
Carapace with lateral spines.
Abdominal somites 3-5 with a sharp postero-lateral process.
Antenna type C (type C).
No information about setation of maxillular endopod
No information about setation of maxillular scaphognatite
Maxillliped 1 basis and endopod setation unknown.
Maxillliped 2 basis and endopod setation unknown.
Furcae of telson with smooth surface.
Telson furcae with 1 dorsal, 2 outer and no inner spines.
Megalopa [no illustration available]
¥ Number of stages in the megalopal phase: 1, however, incompletely described.
Morphological characters of megalopa not described.
Larval stages described by Lebour, 1944.
Geographical distribution of adult
Occidental Atlantic: Bermuda, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, The West Indies, Venezuela and Brazil (Ceará to Bahia; So Pedro and So Paulo Reefs).
Depth range of adult
Intertidal zone - 15 m.