Decapoda - Anomura - Munididae - Trapezionida

Trapezionida foresti (Macpherson & de Saint Laurent, 2002)

6 Illustration(s)

World Distribution
Macpherson & de Saint Laurent (2002: 468) - Océan Indien : Réunion, 58-70 m.
(Macpherson et al., 2017, European Journal of Taxonomy, tab. 3) - Réunion, Northern Mozambique Channel, 35-150 m.
(Macpherson et al., 2023, Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos) - Glorieuses, Mohéli - 82-124 m.

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

Vertical range : Shallow to deep-waters (e.g. 10-190 m) - Min-Max observed: 35-150 m

Mayotte data
Trapezionida foresti - Macpherson, Rodríguez-Flores & Machordom, 2023, Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos: Appendix 1 - Cruise BIOMAGLO - Glorieuses - Stn DW4793, 11°26’S, 47°20’E, 94-122 m, 23 January 2017; Stn DW4807, 11°30’S, 47°28’E, 97-124 m, 25 January 2017 - Mohéli Island - Stn DW4836, 12°25,2’S, 43°55,9’E, 82-88 m, 28 January 2017

Munida foresti - Glorieuses, BIOMAGLO, st. DW4807, 97-124 m, MNHN-IU-2016-7064, det. E. Macpherson.
Munida foresti - Macpherson et al. (2017), tab. 2, Cruise BENTHEDI, Stn DR5, 12°32? S, 47°40.2? E, 18 Mar. 1977, 35–150 m, Sud Glorieuses.

Munida ?foresti - Poupin, 2022 - Determination of mesophotic Crustacea (70-90 m) around Mayotte collected during MESOMAY3 (11/12-2021), photo only 82 m, at
http://poupin.joseph.free.fr/pdf/Poupin-2022-crustaces-mesophotiques-Mayotte-Mesomay3-2021.pdf

Munida ?foresti - November 2022, new photos from G. Barathieu, 115-120 m, CORCOMA station, Mayotte, 12°52.964’S - 45°16.557’E (-12.882733, 45.275950), det. J. Poupin.

Réunion data
Munida foresti Macpherson & de Saint Laurent, 2002: 468 (Réunion, 58-70 m, MD32, st. DR85, 27/08/1982, 20°59.5'S, 55°15.1'E). - Baba et al., 2008 : 96 (Catalogue des Galatheidae).
Munida foresti - Poupin, 2021, Rapport Scientifique Ecole Navale : 25, Réunion program MESORUN, det. J. Poupin, 1 femelle Lc 2,3 mm, échantillon 38d, 17 septembre 2020, Sainte Rose, 21.12040 S / 55.78695 E, 75 à 80 m, hôte sur tombant colonisé. — 1 femelle Lc 2,6 mm, échantillon 96e, 3 novembre 2020, Baie de Saint Leu, 21.178469 S / 55.27614 E, 88 m, fond de sable et ‘patates corail’. — 1 femelle 2,8 mm, échantillon 175d, 13 janvier 2021, Saint Leu, 21.16904 S / 55.27030 E, 97 m, substrat dur colonisé d’éponges, hydraires.

Comment(s) on data
New Munididae genera in 2022 are from: Macpherson & Baba in Machordom, Ahyong, Andreakis, Baba, Buckley, Garcia-Jimenez, McCallum, Rodriguez-Flores & Macpherson, 2022, Invertebrate Systematics 36(10) 926-970 https://doi.org/10.1071/IS22013

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

This species in Worms Database