Decapoda - Brachyura - Xanthidae - Lophozozymus
| Lophozozymus edwardsi Odhner, 1925 |
World Distribution
Ng & Chia (1997), Poupin (Internet) - Nouvelle-Caléonie et Samoa, Polynésie française. Comprend Mayotte, premier signalement dans l'océan Indien.
Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Hard bottom (rock and rubbles)
Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 0-15 m
Mayotte data
Lophozozymus edwardsi Odhner, 1925
Material examined — Mayotte KUW 2009, st. 30, Rani Reef, double barrier, 3-15 m, 1 M 24.8 x 42 mm, MNHN B32417, MNHN-IU-2009-1179.
Remarks — This seems to be the first record of this species in the Indian Ocean. The specimen from Mayotte has been compared with a specimen from New Caledonia in Paris collection (coll. Banaré, 1 M 24.4 x 40 mm, MNHN B9324 [=B3011S, selected as lectotype in Guinot, 1979: 64], MNHN-IU-2014-22685. It is also similar to description and photographs presented in Ng & Chia (1997): carapace glabrous with anterolateral margins cristate; large extension of black coloration of the pollex to the palm of the chela, with a characteristic "hook-shaped" form; and "small orange punctuations all throughout the ventral surface".
Geographic and depth ranges — IWP, Mayotte (this work, first record in IO) to Guam, French Polynesia; subtidal.
Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
Lophozozymus superbus - Nobili, 1907: 388 (Mangareva, "Marutea Vaitutaki" = Marutea South) not Lophozozymus superbus A. Milne Edwards, 1873 = L. edwardsi fide Forest & Guinot (1961: 56) & Guinot (1979: 63). - Lophozozymus edwardsi - Forest & Guinot, 1961: 56, fig. 41 (Mangareva); 1962: 62 (Biogeography "Tahiti-Tuamotu"). - Guinot, 1979: 63 (Mangareva, Marutea South); 1985 (List). - Monteforte, 1984: 171, annex 1, tab. a; 1987: 9 (Moorea). - Poupin, 1996a: 46 (Checklist) - New material - Coll. Frv Marara, det. J. Poupin, May 1997 (Fangataufa). - Unpublished sp., coll. G. Paulay, det. J. Poupin from photo only, Tikehau, June 10, 2001, Hoa at N. end of Tuherahera Motu (FLMNH-UF 1446). - Mission CRIOBE 2014 (Moorea), collection, Moorea, 1982 coll. Monteforte, det. Forest.
References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)This species in Worms Database