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Decapoda - Caridea - Palaemonidae - Anchiopontonia

Anchiopontonia hurii (Holthuis, 1981)

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World Distribution
(Bruce, 1996, MUSORSTOM Vol. 15) - Type locality : Arno Atoll, Marshall Islands. Also known from the Tuamotu Islands and the Ryukyu Islands. Not previously recorded from New Caledonian waters

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Associated with molluscs

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

New Caledonia data
Nouvelle Caledonie, STATION — Bruce AJ, Musorstom 9, 152: 299-411

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
Pontonia hurii n. sp. - Holthuis, 1953: 57 (Raroia; nomina nuda). - Morrison, 1954: 6 (Same material; commensal in the spiny oyster Spondylus varius). - Pontonia hurii Holthuis, 1981b: 796, fig. 4 (Paratype from Raroia). - Anchiopontonia hurii - Bruce, 1992: 1276, fig. 1-4 (Comb. nov.). - Poupin, 1998: 12 (Checklist).

Comment(s) on data
HOST. — Spondylus sp. (Mollusca : Lamellibranchia).

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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