Decapoda - Brachyura - Macrophthalmidae - Chaenostoma

Chaenostoma lisae (Poupin & Bouchard, 2010)



World Distribution
Teng et al. (2016, Crustacean Research) - C. crassimanus is the most widely distributed species, from East Africa to New Caledonia.

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

Vertical range : Intertidal - Min-Max observed: 0-1 m

Mayotte data
Macrophthalmus (Chaenostoma) lisae Poupin & Bouchard, 2010 : 62, figs 1a-c, 2a-o, Mayotte KUW 2009, st. 26, 1 M 3,75 x 4,9 mm, holotype, MNHN B32254, MNHN-IU-2009-1072, 1 M 4,1 x 5,4 mm, 3 FF ov. 3,1 x 4,1 à 3,95 x 5,3 mm, 3 FF 2,6 x 3,3 à 3,7 x 4,9 mm, 1 F juv. cassée, paratypes, MNHN B32071, MNHN-IU-2009-990, 1 F ov. 3,85 x 5,1 mm, paratype, MNHN B32362, MNHN-IU-2009-1135, pris en photo; st. 13b, coll. JMB Bouchard mangrove Malamani, 1 F ov. 3,75 x 5,01 mm, paratype MNHN B32072, probablement MNHN-IU-2009-991 [pre-det. terrain comme Macrophthalmus (Chaenostoma) aff. punctulatus]. - Bouchard et al., 2013: 35, in part Mayotte only (KUW 2009, st. 26, st. 13b Malamani), not specimens indicated from Madagascar, New Caledonia
WIO, Mayotte (this work) only; intertidal.

Comment(s) on data
Chaenostoma lisae (Poupin & Bouchard, 2010), described from Mayotte, is considered as a junior synonym of C. crassimanus in Shih et al. (2015, Ocypodidae of Taiwan), Teng et al. (2016, Crustacean Research). However, none of the specimens examined to establish this synonymy (Naderloo, 2013; Teng et al., 2016; Shih et al., 2015) belong to the type serie of C. lisae, most of them being instead pre-identified as 'M. boscii' and some of them used as comparative spp. for the description of C. lisae by Poupin & Bouchard (2010). Therefore, until the types of C. lisae are not carefuly revised this species should be considered as a valid dwarf species endemic to WIO (pers. note J. Poupin, September 2017).

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