Decapoda - Brachyura - Calappidae - Mursia

Mursia microspina Davie & Short, 1989

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World Distribution
McLay (2009: 39, Zootaxa) - Southeast Queensland, New Caledonia, Loyalty Is, and New Zealand. M. microspina lives on the continental shelf and continental slope. The New Zealand specimens came from samples taken between 155–318 m, but the exact upper limit of M. microspina in the shallowest sample is uncertain and could be anywhere from 155–280 m. Depth range is 200–420 m

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

Vertical range : Deep (more than 100 m) - Min-Max observed: 200-420 m

New Caledonia data
Mursia microspina - Galil, 1993: 365, New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands.
Musorstom 6 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW480 — Galil BS, Musorstom 10, 156: 347-379
Musorstom 6 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW457 — Galil BS, Musorstom 10, 156: 347-379
Musorstom 6 Nouvelle Caledonie, CP464 — Galil BS, Musorstom 10, 156: 347-379
Musorstom 5 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW304 — Galil BS, Musorstom 10, 156: 347-379
Musorstom 5 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW299 — Galil BS, Musorstom 10, 156: 347-379
Musorstom 5 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW273 — Galil BS, Musorstom 10, 156: 347-379

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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