Decapoda - Brachyura - Homolidae - Moloha

Moloha major (Kubo, 1936)

2 Illustration(s)

World Distribution
(Ng et al., 2020, Zootaxa) - Japan, Taiwan, South China Sea, Philippines and Hawaiian Islands; 100–310 m. Perhaps also New Caledonia, French Polynesia (Marquesas)

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

Vertical range : Deep (more than 100 m) - Min-Max observed: 231-477 m

New Caledonia data
Moloha aff. majora (Kubo, 1936) - Guinot & Quenette, 2005, Zoosystema: 303, ovigerous female 47 × 42.3 mm, New Caledonia,BIOCAL, stn CP 105 (MNHN-B 13807).

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
Paromola majora - Poupin et al., 1990: 17 (French Polynesia; coll. Frv Marara, fr). - Moloha aff. majora - Guinot & Richer de Forges, 1995: 385, fig. 31c-d, f (Fatu Hiva; 270m). - Guinot et al., 1995: 378 (Same material). - Poupin, 1996a: 97 (Checklist); 1996b: 28, pl. 13d (Same material).

Other data
Panglao 2005 Philippines, CP2332 — Richer de Forges B & Ng P.K.L, The Raffes Bulletin of Zoology 16 Sup, TTTT: 29-45
Panglao 2005 Philippines, CP2372 — Richer de Forges B & Ng P.K.L, The Raffes Bulletin of Zoology 16 Sup, TTTT: 29-45
Panglao 2005 Philippines, CP2343 — Richer de Forges B.& Ng P.K.L., The Raffes Bulletin of Zoology 16 Sup, TTTT: 29-45

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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