(Say, 1818)
Zoea [Eurytium limosum 1]
¥ Number of stages in the zoeal phase: 4.
¥ Morphological characters of first zoea [Table 11 First zoeae of Xanthidae]:
Carapace with medio-dorsal knob.
Carapace with lateral spines.
Abdominal somites without a sharp postero-lateral process.
Antenna type B (type B).
Maxillule endopod setation: 1, 6.
No information about setation of maxillular scaphognatite
Maxillliped 1 basis and endopod setation: ?; 3, 2, 1, 2, 5.
Maxillliped 2 basis and endopod setation: ?; ?.
Furcae of telson with smooth surface.
Telson furcae with 1 dorsal, 2 outer and no inner spines.
Megalopa [Eurytium limosum]
¥ Number of stages in the megalopal phase: 1.
¥ Morphological characters of megalopa [Table 18 Mgp Xanthidae]:
Rostrum directed anteriorly.
Carapace with protuberances.
Maxillule (mx1) endopod setation: ?.
No information about setation of the maxilla (mx2) endopod.
No information about setation of the First maxilliped (mxp1) epipod.
No information about setation of the third maxilliped (mxp3) epipod.
Larval stages described by Kurata et al., 1981; Messerknecht et al., 1991.
Geographical distribution of adult
Occidental Atlantic: 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.