Decapoda - Brachyura - Xanthidae - Neoliomera

Neoliomera sabaea (Nobili, 1905)

7 Illustration(s)

World Distribution
Serène (1984 : 69) - Mer Rouge, Afrique du Sud, Madagascar, Mayotte, Maurice. Plus Ceylan dans Balss (1934) et Somalie dans Galil & Vannini (1990).

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

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 0-5 m

Mayotte data
Neoliomera sabaea (Nobili, 1905)
Material examined — Mayotte KUW 2009, st. 25, Islet M'tzamboro, southern tip, 15-20 m, 1 M 7.0 x 10.8 mm, MNHN-IU-2009-3229, det. Octobre 2011.
Other records — Neoliomera sabaea - Guinot, 1958a: 91, Mayotte, 1 F 16 x 10 mm, MNHN. - Actaea sabaea - Guinot, 1967: 261, list with Mayotte and this remark "Sans doute Neoliomera, cf. Forest & Guinot, 1961". - Neoliomera sabaea - Serène, 1984: 69, fig. 27, pl. VII C, D, Mayotte, Red Sea, South Africa, Madagascar, Mauritius).
Remarks — The specimen illustrated herein is slightly decolorated due to preservation. Live color of N. sabaea is presented in Galil & Vannini (1990, fig. 7E).
Geographic and depth ranges — IO, Red Sea, South Africa to Ceylan, Mauritius; intertidal, subtidal.

Réunion data
Neoliomera sabaea. Réunion. - Coll. BIOLAVE, 30/11/2011, shallow-waters, divers 10-30 m, det. J. Poupin 25/01/2013, 1 M 9.7x15.6 mm.

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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