Decapoda - Caridea - Palaemonidae - Palaemonella

Palaemonella tenuipes Dana, 1852



World Distribution
Li (2008: 217) - Type locality: Sulu Sea. Previously, also known from Red Sea, Sudan, Eritrea, Djibouti, Madagascar, Seychelles, la Réunion, Maldives, Chagos Is, Malaya, South China Sea, Japan, Philippines, Indonesia, Western Australia, Marshall Is, Fiji Is, Tuvalu, French Polynesia (Austral Is., Society Is, Tuamotu Is), Palmyra and Wake Is, and Johnson Atoll; littoral, 0-30 m depth.

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

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 0-30 m

Mayotte data
Palaemonelle tenuipes - Bruce, 1978 : 208 (Glorieuses, 2 mâles, coll. A. Crosnier 1958, MNHN).

Réunion data
Palaemonella tenuipes - Ribes, 1978 (Réunion). - Bruce, 1983 : 165 (Réunion, mêmes spécimens que Ribes).

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
Palaemonella tenuipes - Bruce, 1970: 274 (Key). - Naim, 1980a, annex 1, tab. 3 (Moorea). - Odinetz, 1983: 207 (Moorea, Tahiti, Takapoto; in coral Pocillopora, non obligate associate). - Odinetz-Collart & Richer de Forges, 1985: 201 (Same material). - Chace & Bruce: 1993: 87, 89 (Syn.; key). - Poupin, 1998: 15 (Checklist). - Li, 2008: 217 (Austral Is. Rapa I., Hiri Bay, BENTHAUS Expedition, malacologist fieldwork, stn 9, 27°37.3’S, 144°22.2’W, 3-24 m, coral, 6.XI.2002, 1 M, MNHN-Na 15513); Teruametitoi Point, BENTHAUS, malacologist fieldwork, stn 33, 27°34.8’S, 144°18.6’W, 30 m, dead coral, 19.XI.2002, 1 F, MNHN-Na 15514).

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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