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Decapoda - Dendrobranchiata - Solenoceridae - Mesopenaeus

Mesopenaeus mariae Pérez Farfante & Ivanov, 1982

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World Distribution
(Chan & Yang, 2023, Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos) - Widely distributed in the Indo-West Pacific and known from Mozambique, Saya de Malha Bank, Seychelles to Taiwan, Japan, Wallis and Futuna Islands, at depths of 55-252 m (Pérez Farfante & Ivanov 1982; Crosnier 1986b, 1994c; Pérez Farfante & Kensley 1997

Pérez Farfante & Kensley (1997, Mem. Mus. Nat. Hist. Nat. Paris) - Southern Mozambique; off Saya de Malha Bank, Indian Ocean; Taiwan; Japan; Wallis & Futuna. Also French Polynesia, Marquesas.

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

Vertical range : Deep (more than 100 m) - Min-Max observed: 224-372 m

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
Mesopenaeus mariae - Unpublished specimens, MNHN, det. A. Crosnier 23/09/98, coll. Frv Alis, MUSORSTOM 9 (Nuku Hiva, st. DR1197, 277-372 m).

Wallis & Futuna data
Musorstom 7 Wallis & Futuna, CP517 #Crosnier A, Musorstom 12, 161: 367-373
Musorstom 7 Wallis & Futuna, CP515 #Crosnier A, Musorstom 12, 161: 367-373

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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