Stomatopoda - Unipeltata - Lysiosquillidae - Lysiosquillina

Lysiosquillina maculata (Fabricius, 1793)

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World Distribution
Widely distributed in the Indo-West Pacific from western Indian Ocean to the Central Pacific including Hawaii, Wallis & Futuna, French Polynesia (Marquesas, Society, Tuamotu).
Ahyong (2001 : 139) - Indo-ouest Pacifique, large distribution de l'océan Indien occidental, Australie, au Japon, Hawaii. Comprend, Réunion, Maurice, Polynésie française.

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Soft bottom (mud or sand)

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 6-145 m

Mayotte data
Lysiosquillina maculata - Photos in situ only, Stephane Lormant. Det. S. Ahyong, 2021.

Réunion data
Lysiosquilla maculata - Manning, 1977 (Réunion, spécimen dans le Muséum de Genève). - Moosa, 1985 : 39 (Réunion, liste). - Lysiosquillina maculata - Ahyong, 2001 : 139 (Nom valide et distribution).
Lysiosquillina maculata - Réunion, photo A. Diringer, transmitted May 2022, Cap la Houssaye, predation behavior.

New Caledonia data
Nouvelle Caledonie, STATION — Moosa MK, Etudes & Theses 1: 149-219

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
WALLIS & FUTUNA - Poupin & Juncker, in preparation (Wallis). - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Lysiosquilla maculata - Heller, 1865: 260, 265 (Tahiti; distribution table only). - Bigelow, 1894: 508 ("Tawhae"=Taiohae, Nuku Hiva). - Edmonson, 1921: 292 (Tahiti). - Boone, 1934: 21-28, pl. 5-6 (Tahiti). - Holthuis, 1967b: 18, 20 (Syn.). - Manning, 1967c: 103 (Tahiti; Boone's material). - Manning, 1978c: 3, fig. 1-3, 9 (Bora Bora, Nuku Hiva, Raiatea, Tahiti, Toau). - Monteforte, 1984: 173, annexe I, tab. a (Mataiva). - Delesalle, 1985: 288, 293 (Mataiva). - Steger & Benis-Steger, 1988: 115 (Moorea). - Müller, 1994: 91 (Syn.). - Cancer caroli Curtiss, 1938: 166 (Tahiti). - Lysiosquillina maculata - Manning, 1995: 22, 134, fig. 68c, 70a,b, 71a,b, 72a,b, 74-77, 78a, 80a (List & key; new combination). - Poupin, 1998: 36, fig. 7 (Checklist, with new sp., coll. Frv Marara, det. J. Poupin, May 1997, Moorea). - Ahyong, 2002: 357 (Eiao, Nuku Hiva; MUSORSTOM 9 campaign, 23-110 m, juvenile and late pelagic larva) - Pseudosquilla ciliata - Chabouis L. & F., 1954: 92, unumbered fig. (French Polynesia) not P. ciliata (Fabricius, 1797) - Synonyms - Cancer caroli Curtiss, 1938. - Caldwell observations, Moorea "burrows in back reef, 1-3m, larvae at night light, rare". - Field observation, 2006, photograph by P. Bacchet, det. Poupin, Moorea, lagoon 4 m. - Salvat & Bacchet, 2011: 230, photo, field guide 'Au Vent des Iles Ed. Tahiti - French Polynesia, most often Society (Moorea, Tahiti).

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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