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Decapoda - Brachyura - Cryptochiridae - Lithoscaptus

Lithoscaptus paradoxus A. Milne-Edwards, 1862

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World Distribution
IWP. Réunion, Guam (Kropp, 1990 : 432), Taiwan ( Wei et al., 2006 : 1068), French Polynesia, New Caledonia.

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

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 0-25 m

Réunion data
Lithoscaptus paradoxus A. Milne-Edwards, 1862, annexe F : 10 (Réunion, coll. Maillard). - Wei et al., 2006 : 1068 (Synonymie et spécimens de Taiwan).

New Caledonia data
Nouvelle Caledonie, 13 — Kropp RK.
Nouvelle Caledonie, 23 — Kropp RK.
Nouvelle Caledonie, 20 — Kropp RK.
Nouvelle Caledonie, 11 — Kropp RK.
Nouvelle Caledonie, STATION — Kropp RK.

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
Cryptochirus coralliodytes - Nobili, 1907: 409, not C. coralliodytes = Lithoscapus paradoxus according to Kropp reexamination, November 1996 (personal communication).

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

This species in Worms Database