Decapoda - Brachyura - Sesarmidae - Neosarmatium

Neosarmatium smithi (H. Milne Edwards, 1853)

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World Distribution
MASDEA/AfReMas (Internet), Sakai (2004, CD) - Indo-ouest Pacifique. Mer Rouge, Afrique orientale, Somalie, Kenya, Tanzanie, Mozambique, Afrique du Sud, Seychelles, Madagascar, Maurice, Inde, Malaisie, Indonésie, Chine, Japon, Philippines, Australie, Nouvelle-Calédonie, Fidji. Plus Mayotte, premier signalement.

Environnement : Brackish - Substrat/Association : Soft bottom (mud or sand)

Vertical range : Land & Freshwater - Min-Max observed: 0-2 m

Mayotte data
Neosarmatium smithi (H. Milne Edwards, 1853)
Material examined — See Bouchard et al., 2013: 21, fig. 16 - Mayotte KUW 2009, st. 13, Malamani mangrove, 1 M 37.0 x 39.7 mm (photo), MNHN B32040, MNHN-IU-2009-959.
Other records — Neosarmatium smithi - Bouchard, 2009: 6, 11, Mayotte, Malamani mangrove (zone with Ceriops fagal and E. fusca), 1 M 37.2 x 39.4 mm, 2 FF 15.4 x 17.5 mm, 16.8 x 18.6 mm, MNHN B32039, MNHN-IU-2009-958.
Remarks — See 'Comment' in Bouchard et al. (2013: 21) for differences between this N. smithi and N. meinerti, collected together at the same stations.
Geographic and depth ranges — IWP, Red Sea, Mayotte (this work), South Africa to Japan, New Caledonia, Fiji; supratidal, land.

New Caledonia data
Nouvelle Caledonie, STATION — Edwards AM, Nouv Arch MNHN 8: 229-267

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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