Decapoda - Anomura - Munididae - Typhlonida
| Typhlonida pygmaea (Macpherson, 1996) |
World Distribution
(Macpherson et al., 2023, Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos) - New Caledonia, Papua-New Guinea, Fiji, Tonga, French Polynesia, Tarava seamounts, between 220 and 860 m. The present occurrences are from the Mozambique Channel to Walters Shoal, at 742-989 m
Macpherson (2013: 302, Tropical Deep Sea Benthos) - New Caledonia, Fiji and Tonga, 220-824 m (Macpherson 2004). The present material extends the geographic range to Central Pacific, at 755-840 m.
(Macpherson et al., 2020, TDSB) - New Caledonia, Fiji and Tonga, French Polynesia, Tarava seamounts, at 220-840 m. Papua New Guinea, between 500 and 860 m.
Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Hard bottom (rock and rubbles)
Vertical range : Deep (more than 100 m) - Min-Max observed: 220-989 m
Mayotte data
Typhlonida pygmaea - Macpherson, Rodríguez-Flores & Machordom, 2023, Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos: 371 - Geyser Bank. BIOMAGLO Stn DW4792, 12°17’S, 46°28’E, 836-842 m, 23 Jan. 2017: 1 F 4.9 mm (MNHN-IU-2016-6895). Glorieuses Islands. BIOMAGLO Stn CP4806, 11°23’S, 47°16’E, 760-829 m, 24 Jan. 2017: 1 F 4.1 mm (MNHN-IU-2016-6913). Mayotte Island. BIOMAGLO Stn CP4859, 13°01’S, 44°53’E, 742-833 m, 4 Feb. 2017: 1 ov. F 5.8 mm (MNHN-IU-2016-514). — Stn DW4874, 12°42’S, 45°19’E, 706-887 m, 9 Feb. 2017: 1 M 10.0 mm (MNHN-IU-2016-513). Walters shoal. MD208 Stn CP4909, 32º44.65’S, 44º0.95’E, 987-989 m, 10 May 2017: 1 F 4.0 mm (MNHN-IU-2014-12644). — Stn CP4910, 32º44.97’S, 44º5.05’E, 986-988 m, 10 May 2017: 1 ov. F 6.8 mm (MNHN-IU-2016-9386).
Typhlonida pygmaea - Macpherson, Rodríguez-Flores & Machordom, 2023, Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos: Appendix 1 - Cruise BIOMAGLO - Geyser Bank - Stn DW4792, 12°17’S, 46°28’E22, 836-842 m, 23 January 2017 - Glorieuses - Stn CP4806, 11°23’S, 47°16’E, 760-829 m, 24 January 2017 - Mayotte - Stn CP4859, 13°01’S, 44°53’E, 742-833 m, 4 February 2017; Stn DW4874, 12°42’S, 45°19’E, 706-887 m, 9 February 2017 (742-887 m)
New Caledonia data
Munida pygmaea Macpherson, 1996b: 426, fig. 2 (New Caledonia, 635–755 m). - Holotype: New Caledonia. BERYX 11 Stn DW09, 24°52´S, 168°22´E, 635-680 m, female (MNHN Ga3782 = MNHN-IU-2014-7309).
Bathus 3 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW809 — MacPherson E, Musorstom 21, 184: 415-423
Bathus 3 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW795 — MacPherson E, Musorstom 15, 168: 387-421
Bathus 3 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW810 — MacPherson E, Musorstom 21, 184: 415-423
Beryx 11 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW9 — MacPherson E, Musorstom 15, 168: 387-421
Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
Munida pygmaea - Macpherson (2013: 302, Tropical Deep Sea Benthos) - French Polynesia. TARASOC: Tarava seamounts, stn CP 3329 (Mont 'Otaha), 755-840 m, 5 males 6.7-15.4 mm, 1 female 10.9 mm (MNHN-IU-2010-6191
Other data
Bordau 1 Fidji, CP1484 — MacPherson E, Tropical Deep Sea Benthos 23, 191: 231-292
Bordau 2 Tonga, DW1588 — MacPherson E, Tropical Deep Sea Benthos 23, 191: 231-292
Bordau 2 Tonga, CP1625 — MacPherson E, Tropical Deep Sea Benthos 23, 191: 231-292
Bordau 2 Tonga, CP1626 — MacPherson E, Tropical Deep Sea Benthos 23, 191: 231-292
References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)This species in Worms Database