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Decapoda - Axiidea - Micheleidae - Meticonaxius

Meticonaxius noumea Poore, 1997

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World Distribution
(Poore, 2020, TDSB 31) - New Caledonia; 205-360 m depth

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

Vertical range : Deep (more than 100 m) - Min-Max observed: 205-360 m

New Caledonia data
Meticonaxius noumea Poore, 1997: 370, fig. 11B-K, New Caledonia.
Meticonaxius noumea - Poore, 2020 (TDSB 31), Holotype: New Caledonia. BIOCAL CP110, SSE of Yaté, 22°13’S, 167°08’E, 275-320 m, female (MNHN Th-1224). New Caledonia. BATHUS 1 Stn CP667, 20°57’S, 165°35’E, 205-212 m, 2 females, 8.3 mm (MNHN-IU-2016-8110). – Stn DW649, 21°48’S, 166°41’E, 239-250 m, male, 8.3 mm, female, 9.4 mm (NMV J71647). – Stn DW685, 20°35’S, 165°07’E, 244 m, female, 7.0 mm (MNHN-IU-2016-8106). – Stn DW686, 20°35’S, 165°07’E, 250 m, male, 7.9 mm (MNHN-IU-2016-8111). – Stn DW689, 20°33’S, 165°00’E, 260-265 m, damaged (MNHN-IU-2016-8107). BATHUS 4 Stn CP953, Passe du Solitaire, 21°45’S, 166°36’E, 220-234 m, ovigerous female, 9.4 mm (MNHN-IU-2016-8108). – Stn DW886, Passe de Duroc, 21°01’S, 164°28’E, 250-300 m, male, 8.7 mm (MNHN-IU-2016-8105). – Stn DW894, 20°16’S, 163°52’E, 245-268 m, female, 9.1 mm (MNHN-IU-2016-8104). – Stn DW895, Passe de Poum, 20°15’S, 163°52’E, 315-360 m, 2 females, 8.3, 10.0 mm (MNHN-IU-2016-8109).
Biocal Nouvelle Caledonie, CP110 — Poore GCB, Zoosystema 19, 2.

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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