Decapoda - Brachyura - Xanthidae - Neoliomera

Neoliomera themisto (De Man, 1889)

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World Distribution
MASDEA/AfReMas (Internet), Serène (1984) - Océan Indien. Mer Rouge, Seychelles (Aldabra). Comprendrait Mayotte, premier signalement.

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

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 0-25 m

Mayotte data
Neoliomera themisto (De Man, 1889)
Material examined — Mayotte KUW 2009, st. 35, Surprise Reef, Longoni Pass, 4-25 m, 1 M 8.5 x 13.8 mm, 1 F 9.3 x 16.0 mm (10.0 x 16.0 mm on field label "Liomera pileux orange ponctué"), MNHN B32357, MNHN-IU-2009-1130.
Remarks — No comparison specimens were examined. The determination is based mostly by comparison with photograph presented in Serène (1984, pl. IX A). Neoliomera themisto is affiliated with Neoliomera richtersi (De Man, 1889) in the Pacific, with similar live color pattern (orange punctuated with white patches, photos in Legall & Poupin, 2018 and Salva & Bacchet, 2011). The two species are perhaps conspecific (see observations in Serène, 1984: 70).
Geographic and depth ranges — WIO, Red Sea, Aldabra, Mayotte (this work); subtidal.

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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