(Herbst, 1783)
Zoea [Carpilius corallinus]
¥ Number of stages in the zoeal phase: 5.
¥ 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 D (type D).
Maxillule endopod setation: 1, 6.
Maxillule scaphognatite with 4 plumose seate.
Maxillliped 1 basis and endopod setation: 8; 2, 2, 1, 2, 5.
Maxillliped 2 basis and endopod setation: ?; 1, 1, 4.
No information about the surface of furcae of the telson.
Telson furcae with no 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 Laughlin et al., 1983.
Geographical distribution of adult
Occidental Atlantic: Florida, Gulf of Mexico, The West Indies, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil (Ceará to Pernambuco; Fernando de Noronha).
Depth range of adult
Intertidal zone - 20 m.