(Gibbes, 1850)
Zoea
¥ Number of stages in the zoeal phase: 1.
¥ Morphological characters of first zoea [Table 11 First zoeae of Xanthidae]:
Carapace without medio-dorsal knob.
Carapace with lateral spines.
Abdominal somites without a sharp postero-lateral process.
Antenna type B (type B).
Maxillule endopod setation: 1, 5.
Maxillule scaphognatite with 4 plumose seate.
Maxillliped 1 basis and endopod setation: 10; 3, 2, 1, 2, 5.
Maxillliped 2 basis and endopod setation: 4; 1, 1, 5.
Furcae of telson with spinulose surface.
Telson furcae with 1 dorsal, 2 outer and 1 inner spines.
Megalopa
¥ Number of stages in the megalopal phase: 1, however, incompletely described.
Morphological characters of megalopa not described.
Larval stages described by Ingle, 1987.
Geographical distribution of adult
Occidental Atlantic: Florida, Bermuda, Gulf of Mexico, The West Indies, Central America, northern South America, Brazil (Ceará to Rio Grande do Sul; Fernando de Noronha, Rocas)
Oriental Atlantic: Africa (Guinea to Gabon).
Depth range of adult
Intertidal zone - 35 m.