Marine lobsters and lithodids (Crustacea: Decapoda) from Mauritanian deep-waters (NW Africa)

This paper deals with species of the deep-water marine lobsters and lithodids collected on soft and rocky bottoms during the four Spanish Maurit surveys from 2007 to 2010 in Mauritanian waters, at depths between 80 and 2000 m. The collection is represented by eight species included in the infraorders Astacidea, Achelata, and Polychelida, and by five species of the family Lithodidae. The true lobster Nephropsis atlantica, the blind lobster Stereomastis nana, and the king crab Paralomis cristulata are reported for the first time in Mauritanian waters, while the presence of the slipper lobster Scyllarus subarctus is confirmed in the area. New data on the bathymetric distribution of P. cristulata and Lithodes ferox are also included.