Decapoda - Brachyura - Xanthidae - Leptodius

Leptodius gracilis (Dana, 1852)

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World Distribution
(Davie, 2002: 551) - IWP, East Africa, Australia, Japan, Hawaii, French Polynesia. Includes Wallis & Futuna.
Sakai (2004 - CD), Serène (1984), WoRMS - Indo-ouest Pacifique. Mer Rouge, Afrique orientale (Zanzibar, Kenya, Somalie, Tanzanie, Mozambique), Europa (coll. Fourmanoir in Serène 1984), Madagascar, Mayotte (premier signalement), Seychelles, Maurice, Cocos, Christmas, Indonésie, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Mer de Chine (Paracel) Japon, Caroline, Wake, Marshall, Kiribati, Iles de la Ligne, Hawaii, Palmyra et Tabuaeran, Australie, Nouvelle-Calédonie, Vanuatu, Wallis & Futuna, Polynésie française,

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Associated with corals (facultative)

Vertical range : Intertidal - Min-Max observed: 0-5 m

Mayotte data
Leptodius gracilis (Dana, 1852)
Material examined — Mayotte KUW 2009, st. 29, Mboianatsa beach, Ngouja hotel, intertidal, 2 MM 4.6 x 6.3 and 5.4 x 7.3 mm, MNHN-IU-2009-2619, det. J. Poupin July 2011.
Remarks — These specimens were collected with L. exaratus and separated from them by: carapace smoother; anterolateral teeth of carapace more rounded; shape of big chela as illustrated in Serène (1984: pl. 26C), male pleopod with distal spine short, hooked at tip, and distal lobe with only 5-6 mushroom-shaped spines (compare Serène, 1984: 180, fig. 107, L. gracilis, and fig. 106, L. exaratus).
Geographic and depth ranges — IWP, Red Sea, Mayotte (this work), Mozambique to Hawaii, French Polynesia; intertidal, shallow subtidal.

Europa data
Leptodius gracilis - Serène, 1984 : 184 (Europa, coll. P. Fourmanoir, 7 mâles, le plus grand 14,0x22,9 mm, 5 femelles, la plus grande 10,8x16,8 mm, MNHN B-6641). - BIORECIE, St. 10, 1 male 11.6x17.6 mm, 1 female ovigerous 7.4x11.1 mm (MNHN), St. 11, 1 male 11.4x17.0 mm, 1 male, 1 female (MNHN).

New Caledonia data
Leptodius gracilis - Juncker & Poupin (2009: 67, n°812, CRISP Report) - Profondeur : 0-1 m / Source : ce travail, d'après des spécimens récoltés.

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
WALLIS & FUTUNA - Leptodius gracilis - Poupin & Juncker, in preparation (Futuna). - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Leptodius gracilis - Nobili, 1907: 389 (Rikitea). - Forest & Guinot, 1961: 64, fig. 57, 58a-b, pl. 2, fig. 4 (Hikueru); 1962: 62 (Biogeography "Tahiti-Tuamotu"). - Guinot, 1985: 450 (List). - Poupin, 1994a: 39, fig. 35, pl. 4f (Hikueru, Moruroa; coll. Frv Marara). - Xantho gracilis - Holthuis, 1953: 27 (Raroia). - Morrison, 1954: 7 (Raroia). - Buitendijk, 1960: 335 (Rangiroa). - Poupin, 1996a: 49 (Checklist). - Unpublished spp., coll. BENTHAUS Expedition (Poupin, Richer, Warèn), November 16, 2002, Raevavae, seashore, det. J. Poupin November 25, 2003 (3 spp. in MNHN collections).

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