(Fabricius, 1781)
Zoea [Eriphia gonagra 1]
¥ Number of stages in the zoeal phase: 4.
¥ 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 D (type D).
Maxillule endopod setation: 1, 6.
Maxillule scaphognatite with 4 plumose seate.
Maxillliped 1 basis and endopod setation: 10; 2, 2, 1, 2, 5.
Maxillliped 2 basis and endopod setation: 4; 1, 1, 6.
Furcae of telson with smooth surface.
Telson furcae with 1 dorsal, 2 outer and no inner spines.
Megalopa [Eriphia gonagra]
¥ Number of stages in the megalopal phase: 1.
¥ Morphological characters of megalopa [Table 18 Mgp Xanthidae]:
Rostrum short, deflected ventrally.
Carapace smooth.
Maxillule (mx1) endopod setation: 3, 4.
Maxilla (mx2) endopod setation: 5.
First maxilliped (mxp1) epipod setation: 18.
Third maxilliped (mxp3) epipod setation: 38.
Larval stages described by Fransozo, 1987.
Geographical distribution of adult
Occidental Atlantic: North Carolina, Bermuda, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, The West Indies, Central America, northern South America and Brazil (Pará to Santa Catarina).
Depth range of adult
Intertidal zone - 5 m.