The Brachyura (crustacea: decapoda) collected by the gedip project between Torres,Rrio Grande do Sul (Brazil) and Maldonado (Uruguay)

Abstract

An agreement between the Executive Group for Industrial Fisheries Development (GEDIP) and the Oceanographic Institute of the University of São Paulo (IOUSP), gave rise to an extensive project. This extensive project was the GEDIP Project, carried out off the coast of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, but with several stations as far south as Maldonado in Uruguay. Of the 442 stations visited by the R/V “Prof. W. Besnard” during the project, brachyuran crabs occurred at 219 and 57 species were collected, members of 45 genera and 23 families. For each species, the geographical distribution, habitat, and a list of the stations.