Decapoda - Caridea - Alpheidae - Metalpheus

Metalpheus paragracilis (Coutière, 1897)

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World Distribution
Anker (2001, fasc. 2, p. 264) - Madagascar, E and SE Africa, Red Sea, Maldives, Comores, Seychelles, Philippines, S Japan, Taiwan, S China, Micronesia, Australia, New Guinea, Melanesia, French Polynesia, Wake Island, Hawaii, Easter Island, St. Helena, Ascension Island, Florida (new record).
Anker (2001, fasc. 2, p. 264) - Mondial. Atlantique, Floride, St Hélène et Ascencion. Indo-ouest Pacifique. Afrique orientale, Mozambique, Somalie, Kenya, Madagascar, Seychelles, Réunion, Maurice, Maldives, Comores, Philippines, Japan, Taiwan, Chine méridionale, Micronésie, Australie, Mélanésie, Polynésie française, Ile de Wake, Hawaii, Ile de Pâque.

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Associated with corals (facultative)

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 0-60 m

Mayotte data
Metalpheus paragracilis - Banner & Banner, 1983 : 85 (Comores pour les spécimens examinés, ?Mayotte).

Réunion data
Metalpheus paragracilis - Ribes, 1978 (Réunion). - Banner & Banner, 1983 : 85 (Réunion dans le matériel examiné), 158 (Réunion, basse-mer). - Coll. BIOLAVE, 27/11/2011, shallow-waters, divers 10-30 m, det. J. Poupin 25/01/2013.

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
EASTER ISLAND - Metalpheus paragracilis. - DiSalvo et al., 1988: 458, tab. 4 (Easter Island, scuba dives 15-60m; det. D. Banner). - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Alpheus paragracilis - Coutière, 1905a: 883, pl. 76, fig. 22, 22a-g (Tahiti); 1905b: 23 (Marutea South). - Seurat, 1934: 60 (Marutea South). - A.H. & D.M. Banner, 1967: 268 ("BD6, barrier reef, BD30, from various coral heads, BD35, under coral heads on a gravel and sand expanse" = Tahiti, "BD8, inner reef, BD14, BD17, from partially living Acropora and coralline alga, BD18, from consolidated reef flat made mostly of massive heads of Porites, BD20, from massive dead heads of Porites" = Bora Bora). - Metalpheus paragracilis - Bruce, 1976a: 44 (Syn.). - Poupin, 1998: 23 (Checklist). - Anker, 2001, fasc. 2: 264 (References, distribution). - Metalpheus paragracilis (det. A. Anker, from photos, March 2012) - AAMP, Marquesas, 2012, Leg 3, St. MQ16-M, Fatu Hiva, intertidal, coll. Corbari et al., sample LC176, St. MQ32-GR, Hatutaa, 17-22 m, coll. Starmer et al., sample LC381.

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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