Decapoda - Caridea - Palaemonidae - Macrobrachium

Macrobrachium australe (Guérin, 1838)

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World Distribution
Li & Bruce (2006) - Type locality: Tahiti. Also known from Madagascar, Seychelles through the Indian Ocean to China (Taiwan), Philippines, Indonesia, and the Pacific islands as far as the Marshall Islands in the North Pacific and the Marquesas Islands in the South Pacific. Plus Wallis & Futuna.
Keith et al. (1999 : 50) - Indo-ouest Pacifique, de Madagascar et la Réunion, à la Polynésie française. Madagascar, Comores, Seychelles, Réunion, Maurice à Indonésie, Taiwan, Philippines, Papouasie Nouvelle-Guinée, Nouvelle-Calédonie, Wallis & Futuna, Polynésie française. Tous les signalements australiens de cette espèce seraient erronés (cf. Short, 2004: 18).

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

Vertical range : Land & Freshwater - Min-Max observed: 0-1 m

Mayotte data
Macrobrachium australe - Keith et al., 2006 : 36 (Comores, Anjouan, Mohéli, Mayotte). - Mayotte, Mission, KUW novembre 2009, st. 13, mangrove de Malamani, 1 femelle Lc 8,0 mm, pas de photo, MNHN Na17579, det. X. Li.

Réunion data
Palaemon alphonsianus Hoffman, 1874 : 33, pl. ix, fig. 63-65 (Réunion). - Macrobrachium australe - Holthuis, 1980 : 87 (Synonymie). - Kiener & Duchochois, 1980 (CEMAGREF report): 69, Réunion. - Keith et al., 1999 : 50 (Réunion, distribution).

New Caledonia data
Nouvelle Caledonie, STATION — Li X. & Bruce A.J., Journal of Natural History 40, 11,12: 611-738.
Macrobrachium australe - Lorang et al., 2020, Zootaxa: 60, Tab. 1, DNA, CA1625, GenBank, MT117770, New Caledonia.

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
WALLIS & FUTUNA - Mary et al., 2006: 33 (Futuna). - Poupin & Juncker, in preparation (Futuna). - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Palaemon australis Guérin-Méneville, 1838: 37 (Tahiti). - Palaemon dispar - ADAMSON, 1935: 17 (Fatu Hiva, Hiva Oa, Ua Pou). - Palaemon (Eupalaemon) dispar - NOBILI, 1907: 361 (Tahiti). - SEURAT, 1934: 50 (Tahiti). - Macrobrachium australe - HOLTHUIS, 1950: 124, fig. 27-30 (Tahiti); 1953a: 55 (Tahiti); 1980: 87 (Syn.). - GRAND, 1986: 84, fig. 2-3 (French Polynesia). - RICARD, 1986: 88 (French Polynesia). - MARQUET, 1988: 87, fig. 48, tab. 23; 1991: 133, tab. 1 & 2; 1993: tab. 1 & 3 (Hiva Oa, Mangareva, Moorea, Nuku Hiva, Rurutu, Tahiti, Tubuai, Ua Huka, Ua Pou). - DANIGO, 1991: 5, fig. 8, pl. 1a (Nuku Hiva). - FOUILLAND, 1993: 10, fig. 6 (Nuku Hiva). - KEITH & VIGNEUX, 1997: 22, tab. 2 (Same Islands than MARQUET) - POUPIN, 1998: 11 (Checklist). - Keith & Vigneux, 2002: 128, tab. 1, photos 15-16 (Australs, Gambier, Marquesas, Society). - Keith et al., 2002: 52, photograph (Atlas: Austral, Gambier, Marquesas, Society) - SYNONYM - Palaemon dispar von Martens, 1868. - AAMP, Marquesas, 2012, Leg 3, St. MQ33-M, Nuku Hiva, Anse Hakatea, river, sample LC396. - Mission CRIOBE 2014 (Moorea).

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