Decapoda - Brachyura - Oziidae - Ozius

Ozius rugulosus Stimpson, 1858

13 Illustration(s)

World Distribution
MASDEA/AfReMas (Internet), Sakai (2004, CD) - Mer Rouge, Somalie, Kenya, Madagascar, Comores, Mayotte, Maurice, Andaman, Sri Lanka, Nicobar, Andaman, Taiwan, Chine, Japon, Australie, Salomon, Nouvelle-Calédonie, Vanuatu, Samoa, Polynésie française.

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Hard bottom (rock and rubbles)

Vertical range : Intertidal - Min-Max observed: 0-6 m

Mayotte data
Ozius rugulosus Stimpson, 1858
Material examined — Mayotte KUW 2009, st. 6, 'déversoir Badamiers' Petite Terre,1 F 25 x 38 mm, MNHN B32418, MNHN-IU-2009-1180; st. 10, east Islet ‘Quatre frères, Vatou’, intertidal, 1 F, MNHN B32420, MNHN-IU-2009-1182; st. 29, Mboianatsa beach, Ngouja hotel, 1 M 14 x 21.5 mm, 2 FF 25 x 37 and 27 x 42 mm, MNHN B32419, MNHN-IU-2009-1181.
Other records — Ozius rugulosus - Crosnier, 1984: 305, pI. XLV C, fig. 216-217, Kenya, Mayotte, Madagascar, Maurice. - Anker & Michonneau, 2008, Mayotte, st. MAY08-St7, N'Gouja reef, UF 136631.
Geographic and depth ranges — IWP, Red Sea, Kenya to Japan, French Polynesia; intertidal.

New Caledonia data
Nouvelle Caledonie, STATION — Ng P.K.L & Richer de Forges B., Compendium of marine species from New Caledonia: 315-332

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
Ozius rugulosus - Heller, 1865: 22, pl. 3, fig. 1 (Tahiti). - Pesta, 1913: 47 (Tahiti). - Forest & Guinot, 1961: 121, fig. 107a-b, 108 (Tahiti); 1962: 68 (Biogeography "Tahiti-Tuamotu"). - Guinot, 1985: 450 (List). - Poupin, 1994a: 48, fig. 44, pl. 5g (Nuku Hiva, Tahiti; coll. Frv Marara); 1996a: 64 (Checklist). - Moorea Biocode project (as O. guttatus, probably O. rugulosus instead). - Salvat & Bacchet, 2011: 245, photo, field guide 'Au Vent des Iles Ed. Tahiti - French Polynesia, most often Society (Moorea, Tahiti). - Mission CRIOBE 2014 (Moorea).

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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