Decapoda - Caridea - Palaemonidae - Odontonia

Odontonia katoi (Kubo, 1940)



World Distribution
Fransen (2002, Zool. Verh.) - INDO-WEST PACIFIC: Indian Ocean: Ras Mkumbe, Tanganyika, depth 18.5 m (Bruce, 1976). Indonesia: Roti, Lesser Sunda Islands; 27-45 m (Holthuis, 1952); Sulawesi, Ambon, Seram, Bali (present records). Philippines: Cebu Strait (present study). Australia: Coil Reef, Queensland; depth 18 m (Bruce, 1977); Wistari Reef, Heron Island, Queensland (Bruce, 1981); Lizard Island, Queensland (Bruce, 1983);Cockburn Sound, Western Australia (Bruce, 1983). Japan: Honshu (Kubo, 1940). New Caledonia: Noumea; depth 20 m (Bruce, 1979). Palau Island: SE of Koror (present study). The species is now recorded for the first time from the Philippines, Sulawesi,Ambon, Seram and Palau Islands.

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Associated with ascidian

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 20-20 m

New Caledonia data
Odontonia katoi - Fransen, 2002: 340, Zool. Verh. New Caledonia.— MNHN-Na 3714: 1 male, pocl. 3.5 mm; 1 non-ovigerous female, pocl. 3.7 mm; Noumea, st. 203; x.1978; depth 20 m. - Fransen, 2006: 717, New Caledonia, Loyalty [In Polycarpa aurata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834), 1987, 1 ovigerous female pocl. 3.4 mm; 1 male pocl. 3.8 mm (MNHN-Na 15229)].
Nouvelle Caledonie, STATION — Bruce AJ.

Comment(s) on data
Fransen (2002, Zool. Verh.) - Hosts - Ascidians: Cynthia ritteri Oka, 1915 (cf. Kubo, 1940); Styela palinorsa (Sluiter, 1895) (cf. Holthuis, 1952); Pyura momus (Savigny, 1816)(cf. Bruce, 1977); Cnemidocarpa pedata (Herdman, 1881) (cf. Bruce, 1981); Styela spec., Polycarpa spec. (cf. Bruce, 1981); Polycarpa cryptocarpa (Sluiter, 1885) (cf. Bruce, 1976); Polycarpa aurata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) (cf. Bruce, 979, 1983); Polycarpa pedunculata (Heller, 1878) (cf. Bruce, 1983).

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