Decapoda - Brachyura - Xanthidae - Leptodius

Leptodius sanguineus (H. Milne Edwards, 1834)

20 Illustration(s)

World Distribution
(Davie, 2002: 551) - IWP, East Africa, Australia, Japan, Hawaii, French Polynesia. Includes Wallis & Futuna. Serène (1984 : 185) - Indo-ouest Pacifique. Afrique orientale, Somalie et Mer Rouge, Madagascar, Maurice, à Australie, Hawaii. Comprend, Réunion, premier signalement, Wallis & Futuna, Polynésie française, Europa (Lenz 1910: 548). Juan de Nova, Glorieuses, Mayotte.
South Africa (KZN) in Emmerson (2016).

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

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

Mayotte data
Leptodius sanguineus (H. Milne Edwards, 1834)
Material examined — Mayotte KUW 2009, st. 2, intertidal from Trevani to Kangani Mangrove, 2 MM 9.8 x 14.2 and 10.6 x 15.9 mm (tour carapace plus clair) , 1 F 8.8 x 13.1 mm (zone médiane carapace très claire), MNHN B32301, MNHN-IU-2009-1119, 3 MM 7.6 x 10.9 to 15.2 x 23.7 mm, MNHN B32345, MNHN-IU-2009-1120 (à vérifier, autres patrons de couleur), det. July 2011, 1 M 9.1 x 13.4 mm, 6 FF (4 ov.) 6.4 x 8.2 to 9.1 x 13.4 mm, MNHN-IU-2009-3232; st. 6, Déversoir Badamiers, Petite Terre, intertidal, 2 MM 8.5 x 12.3 and 15.5 x 23.4 mm, 2 FF 8.5 x 12.2 and 14.4 x 21.5 mm, 3 juv. (with hesitation), MNHN-IU-2009-3233; st. 10, Îlot Est quatres frères (Vatou), intertidal, 1 M 14.4 x 22 mm (field photo with 15x22) plus 13 spp., MNHN-IU-2009-3222, det. September 2011; st. 26, Mutsumbatsou reef, intertidal, 2 MM 14.0 x 21.5 and 18.3 x 28.6 mm, 4 FF 6.5 x 9.5 (ov.) to 17.0 x 26.4 mm, MNHN B32347, MNHN-IU-2009-1122; st. 29, Mboianatsa beach, Ngouja hotel, intertidal low tide, 2 MM, 1 juv., det. July 2011 (male pleopod verified), MNHN-IU-2009-3231.
Other records — Poupin et al., 2013c: 11, Glorieuses, Expedition Glorieuses December 2012 (new record), st. BIO 34, 1 juv. - Poupin, 2016: Expedition Juan de Nova December 2013, intertidal, 1 F 22.3x33.7 mm st. 1 (nr), 1 F 22.3x33.7 mm (photo), st. 4, st. 5, 4 spp. with variable color, st. 6 (photo in situ) (MNHN).
Remarks — Live coloration of this species is extremly variable. Three distinct color pattern are illustrated for Mayotte in Legall & Poupin (2018). This species can be confused with L. exaratus (see Remarks for this species).
Geographic and depth ranges — IWP, Red Sea, Mayotte (this work), South Africa to Hawaii, French Polynesia; intertidal, shallow subtidal.

Europa data
Leptodius sanguineus - Lenz, 1910 : 548 (Europa). BIORECIE, St. 11, 1 female ovigerous 10.1x14.8 mm (MNHN).

Réunion data
Leptodius sanguineus - Mission Poupin, avril 2008 (MNHN, St. 9, 10, 15 ; photographies J. Poupin, S. Ribes).

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 sanguineus - Poupin & Juncker, in preparation (Futuna, Wallis). - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Chlorodius sanguineus - Dana, 1852a: 79; 1852b: 207; 1855, pl. 11, fig. 11a-d ("Waterland" = Ahe and/or Manihi). - Leptodius sanguineus - Nobili, 1907: 389 ("Rikitea" = Mangareva, Kamaka, Marutea South). - Rathbun, 1907: 39 (Bora Bora, Fakarava, Makatea, Makemo, Mangareva, Nuku Hiva, Rangiroa, Tahiti). - Sendler, 1923: 37 (Makatea, Tahiti). - Boone, 1934: 116, pl. 60-61 (Nuku Hiva). - Forest & Guinot, 1961: 63, fig. 50a-b ("Gatavake" = Mangareva, Tahiti, "Taraourou-roa" = Tarauru-Roa); 1962: 62 (Biogeography "Tahiti-Tuamotu, Marquesas"). - Monteforte, 1984: 170, annex 1, tab. a (Makatea, Mataiva, Moorea, Tahiti, Takapoto); 1987: 9 (Moorea). - Serène, 1984: 185 (Syn.). - Delesalle, 1985: 289 (Mataiva). - Guinot, 1985: 450 (List). - Poupin, 1994a: 40, fig. 36, pl. 4g (Nuku Hiva, Tahiti, Taiaro; coll. Frv Marara); 1996a: 49 (Checklist). - Xantho sanguineus - Buitendijk, 1960: 323 (Nuku Hiva). - Unpublished spp., coll. BENTHAUS Expedition (Poupin, Richer, Warèn), November 16, 2002 (3 spp. in MNHN collections, Raevavae, seashore, coll. Poupin, November 11, 2002, Rapa Haurei bay, det. J. Poupin November 25, 2003 (1 spp. in MNHN collections). - Moorea Biocode project. - AAMP, Marquesas, 2012, Leg 2, coll. Evans, sample 0353, St 20, Ua Huka, tide-pool, 1 male 14x21.6 mm; Leg 3, St. MQ5-M, Nuku Hiva, intertidal, coll. Starmer, Poupin, sample ? (JP?), photo in situ, St. MQ10-M, Hiva Oa, intertidal, coll. Poupin, Starmer, samples LC40, LC41 (photo), St. MQ16-M, Fatu Hiva, intertidal, sample LC178, LC180, St. MQ18-M, Hiva Oa, intertidal, coll. Corbari et al., sample LC227 (photos), St. MQ25-M, Nuku Hiva, baie Hakatea, intertidal, coll. Corbari et al., sample LC298, St. MQ29-M, Eiao, intertidal, coll. Corbari et al., sample LC370. - Salvat & Bacchet, 2011: 254, photo, field guide 'Au Vent des Iles Ed. Tahiti - French Polynesia, most often Society (Moorea, Tahiti), also Leptodius sp. - Mission CRIOBE 2014 (Moorea), collection, Makatea, 1982 coll. & det. Monteforte.

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