Decapoda - Brachyura - Xanthidae - Lophozozymus

Lophozozymus bertonciniae Guinot & Richer de Forges, 1981

3 Illustration(s)

World Distribution
Davie (1993: 538, Bulletin du Muséum, Paris) - Southern Pacific Ocean, from New Caledonia (type locality) to French Polynesia. Bathymetric range: 100-200 m.

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

Vertical range : Deep (more than 100 m) - Min-Max observed: 100-700 m

New Caledonia data
Nouvelle Caledonie, STATION — Davie PJF, Bull MNHN 4, 14: 501-561

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
Lophozozymus bertonciniae - Davie, 1993: 537, pl. 11 (Hiva Oa, Maria, Mururoa, Tahuata, Tenarunga; 100-200m; coll. Frv Marara, fr). - Poupin, 1996a: 98 (Checklist); 1996b: 40, pl. 19c (Same material).

Other data
Polynesie, 297 — Davie PJF, Bull MNHN 4, 14: 501-561
Polynesie, 420 — Davie PJF, Bull MNHN 4, 14: 501-561
Polynesie, CAS228 — Davie PJF, Bull MNHN 4, 14: 501-561
Polynesie, STATION — Davie PJF, Bull MNHN 4, 14: 501-561
Polynesie, STATION — Davie PJF, Bull MNHN 4, 14: 501-561

Comment(s) on data
See comments in Serène (1984, Faune Tropicale, footnote p. 167). Lophozozymus bertonciniae is possibly a junior synonym of L. superbus (Dana, 1852). The two species are however distinguished by Davie (1993, Bulletin du Muséum, Paris).

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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