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Decapoda - Caridea - Palaemonidae - Onycocaris

Onycocaris quadratophthalma (Balss, 1921)

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World Distribution
Komai & Itou (2012: 59) - O. quadratophthalma from Western Australia and Hong Kong (Balss, 1921; Bruce 1992, 2011b). Also ?French Polynesia.

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Associated with sponges

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 1-10 m

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
Onycocaris quadratophthalma - Odinetz 1983: 207 (Tahiti; in coral Pocillopora, non obligate associate, identification A.J. Bruce). - Poupin, 1998: 15 (Checklist).

Comment(s) on data
Mail Komai (29 August 2012) - Taxonomic account on the French Polynesian Onycocaris quadratophthalma has not been published. Without detailed morphological description, it is not easy to confirm the identification. Indeed, A.J. Bruce himself changed his identification of O. quadratophthalma (Bruce 2011).

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

This species in Worms Database