Decapoda - Brachyura - Homolidae - Lamoha

Lamoha murotoensis (Sakai, 1979)

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World Distribution
Japan, Philippines, French Polynesia

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Associated with anemones

Vertical range : Deep (more than 100 m) - Min-Max observed: 100-460 m

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
Hypsophrys aff. murotoensis - Guinot & Richer de Forges, 1995: 451, fig. 57g (Nuku Hiva; 346m; coll. Frv Marara, fr). - Poupin, 1996a: 97 (Checklist); 1996b: 28, pl. 13a (same material). - Lamoha murotoensis - Ng, 1998: 121 (new genus). - Ng & Wang, 2001: 14 (MUSORSTOM 9 Marquesas Expedition, stn CP 1282, Eiao, 414-460 m, stn CP 1268, Eiao, 285-320 m, stn CP 1306, Eiao, 283-448 m; "In discussing this species, Guinot and Richer de Forges (1995: 451) noted that a male specimen .. could be only referred to this taxon with doubt .. This recent material, which includes very small specimens, shows sufficient variation to demonstrate that the Marquesas specimens are clearly L. murotoensis"). - Unpublished specimens, ?MNHN - Frebruary 1996, Coll. & det. J. Poupin (Nuku Hiva; 230m).

Other data
Panglao 2004 Philippines, P3/4 — Richer de Forges B & Ng P.K.L, The Raffes Bulletin of Zoology 16 Sup, TTTT: 29-45

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