Decapoda - Anomura - Munididae - Onconida

Onconida modica Baba & de Saint Laurent, 1996



World Distribution
Macpherson & Baba (2006: 455) - Known from Wallis Island and Waterwitch Banc, in 325-450 m. The present material extends the distribution range to Tonga, in 461-497 m, and French Polynesia (Austral Archipelago), in 270-800 m.

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Associated with corals (facultative)

Vertical range : Deep (more than 100 m) - Min-Max observed: 270-800 m

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
WALLIS & FUTUNA - Onconida modica Baba & de Saint Laurent, 1996: 486, figs 27, 33c–d (SW Pacific (Wallis Island and Banc Waterwitch), 325–450 m).
Onconida modica - Macpherson & Baba, 2006: 455 (BENTHAUS Expedition stn DW1961, Tubuai 470-800 m, stn DW1983, Arago bank 300-540 m, stn DW1999, Rurutu 270-500 m).

Wallis & Futuna data
Musorstom 7 Wallis & Futuna, CP606 #Baba K & de Saint Laurent M
Musorstom 7 Wallis & Futuna, DW537 #Baba K & de Saint Laurent M
Musorstom 7 Wallis & Futuna, CP606 #Baba K & de Saint Laurent M, Musorstom 15, 168: 433-502

Other data
Bordau 2 Tonga, CP1510 — MacPherson E & Baba K., Zoosystema 28, 2: 443-456

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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