Decapoda - Caridea - Oplophoridae - Oplophorus

Oplophorus spinosus (Brullé, 1839)

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World Distribution
Chace (1986); Hendrick & Navarette (1989); Hanamura & Evans (1994); Poupin (1996; 1998); Burukovsky (1990) - Atlantic, western and eastern subtropical North Atlantic, central south Atlantic; Indian Ocean; Pacific, southern Japan, off Hawaii, seamounts west of North America, off Baja California; French Polynesia; Seamounts Sala y Gòmez and south-western part of Nazca ridge, 21°41'S-25°58' / 81°19'-100°41'W; - Deep (160-2280 m). French Polynesia
MASDEA/AfReMas (BD Internet) - Mondial. Atlantique. Indo-Pacifique. Comprend, ?Afrique orientale, Réunion.
Oplophorus spinosus - Sasaki, 2019: 1259 - Worldwide, Depth about 0-6200 m

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Pelagic or bathypelagic

Vertical range : Pelagic or bathypelagic - Min-Max observed: 0-6200 m

Mayotte data
Oplophorus spinosus - Sasaki, 2019: 1259 - Worldwide, Depth about 0-6200 m, probably off Mayotte, Glorieuses

Europa data
Oplophorus spinosus - Sasaki, 2019: 1259 - Worldwide, Depth about 0-6200 m, probably off Europa

Réunion data
Oplophorus spinosus - Crosnier, 1987 : 699 (Réunion, coll. Marion Dufresne MD32, 2550-2700 m, MNHN).

New Caledonia data
Oplophorus spinosus - Lunina et al., 2018: 3, tab. 1, between New Zealand, New Caledonia (Dana Expedition, St. 3629-3, 33°36,5’S, 179°10’W, 16.12.1928, 300 m wire).
Oplophorus spinosus - BD Oceane, Biocal Nouvelle Caledonie, CP55.

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
EASTER ISLAND - Oplophorus spinosus - Burukovsky, 1990: 194 (Seamounts Sala y Gòmez and south-western part of Nazca ridge, 24°58' S / 88°31' W; 500-700 m). - Vereshchaka, 1990: 140 (Seamounts Sala y Gòmez and south-western part of Nazca ridge, 21°41'S-25°58' / 81°19'-100°41'W; 160-2280 m). - Parin et al., 1997: 162, tab. 3 (List of Decapoda for the Nazca and Sala y Gòmez submarine ridges). - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Oplophorus spinosus - Poupin, 1996b: 4, pl. 1g (Fangataufa; plancton 30-100m; coll. Frv Marara, fr); 1998: 9 (Checklist).
Oplophorus spinosus - Sasaki, 2019: 1259 - Worldwide, Depth about 0-6200 m, potential off Wallis & Futuna, Clipperton

Lesser Antilles data
Oplophorus spinosus - Judkins, 2014, Zootaxa, Fig. 2 - Potentially all Lesser Antilles (VGI, IOV, ICA, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St Martin, St Barthélemy), French Guiana.

French Guiana and surroundings areas: Guiana, Suriname, Brazil (Amapà)
Oplophorus spinosus – Judkins, 2014: fig. 2, potentially French Guyana region [From distribution map].
Distribution/Habitat – Worldwide; Marine (pelagic, bathypelagic); 0–6200 m.

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