Decapoda - Brachyura - Xanthidae - Leptodius

Leptodius nudipes (Dana, 1852)

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World Distribution
(Davie, 2002: 551) - IWP, Madagascar, Australia, Japan, Hawaii. Includes Wallis & Futuna.
Serène (1984 : 183) - Indo-ouest Pacifique. De l'Océan Indien aux Hawaii, à la Nouvelle-Calédonie et à l’Australie. Dans l’Océan Indien Occidental, elle avait été signalée à Madagascar, Maurice, Seychelles. Comprend, Glorieuses, Réunion, Europa.

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Hard bottom (rock and rubbles)

Vertical range : Intertidal - Min-Max observed: 0-6 m

Mayotte data
Leptodius nudipes (Dana, 1852)
Material examined — Mayotte KUW 2009, st. 10, east Islet Quatres Frères (Vatou), intertidal, 1 M 7.9 x 12.0 mm, 3 FF 6.2 x 9.2 à 7.0 x 10.0 mm, MNHN B32346, MNHN-IU-2009-1121 (first id. as Leptodius sanguineus, re-det. July 2011), 1 M 9.1 x 13.8 mm, det. Septembre 2011 (added to previous lot) ; st. 26, Mutsumbatsou, reef flat intertidal, 1 F 6.4 x 9.3 mm, det. September 2011, MNHN-IU-2009-2613; st. 26c, Mutsumbatsou, reef flat, coll. Bouchard 03/08/2008, intertidal 1 M (with sacculina) 8.6 x 13 mm, ? 1 juv., MNHN-IU-2009-2614, det. September 2011.
Other records — Leptodius nudipes - Serène, 1984: 183, fig. 105, pl. XXVI F, Madagascar; Glorieuses, intertidal, coll. A. Crosnier, 16 September 1958, 2 MM 10.1 x 15.1 and 11.3 x 17.3 mm, 1 F 8.1 x 12.1 mm, MNHN-B6636.
Remarks — This species can be quickly separated from related species of Leptodius by the subdivision of the anterolateral teeth of the carapace.
Geographic and depth ranges — IWP, Mayotte (this work), Mozambique channel (Europa Is.), Madagascar to Hawaii, New Caledonia; intertidal, shallow subtidal.

Europa data
Leptodius nudipes - Europa, mission BIORECIE, st. 11, bord lagon, 1 male 7.8x11.3 mm, 6 juveniles (MNHN), 2 males 6.4x9.4-11.4x16.9 mm (MNHN).. sous les cailloux. Premier signalement

Réunion data
Leptodius nudipes - Mission Poupin, avril 2008 (Détermination d'après photographie programme BIOTAS).

New Caledonia data
Nouvelle Caledonie, STATION — Edwards AM, Nouv Arch MNHN 8: 229-267

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
WALLIS & FUTUNA - Leptodius nudipes - Poupin & Juncker, in preparation (Wallis). - AAMP, Marquesas, 2012, Leg 3, St. MQ5-M, Nuku Hiva, intertidal, coll. Starmer, Poupin, sample JP11 (no photo, check the 2 specimens).

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

This species in Worms Database