Decapoda - Brachyura - Xanthidae - Microcassiope

Microcassiope xantusii (Stimpson, 1871)

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World Distribution
(Hendrickx, 1995b: 137) - Eastern Pacific from gulf of California to Equator (La Plata I.) and oceanic Islands: Baja California Sur, Revillagigedo (Clarion, Socorro), Clipperton, Galapagos.

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Hard bottom (rock and rubbles)

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 0-55 m

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
CLIPPERTON - Micropanope xantusii - Schmitt, 1939a: 21 (Clipperton). - Hertlein & Emerson, 1957: 5 (Clipperton).- Garth, 1965: 21 (Clipperton ‘chelipeds thick, almost without furrows. This is the ‘different look’ .. again evidence of weak endemism’). - Microcassiope xantusii - Hendrickx, 1995b: 137 (distribution). - Poupin et al., 2007 (Clipperton new coll.).

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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