Decapoda - Caridea - Crangonidae - Parapontophilus
| Parapontophilus junceus (Bate, 1888) |
World Distribution
Komai (2008: 281) - Indo-West Pacific - Widely distributed in the tropical to subtropical regions in the Indo-West Pacific: Zanzibar, Maldives, southern Japan, Taiwan, Philippines, Indonesia, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Tonga, Austral Islands in French Polynesia; 112-970 m, but abundant at depths of 500-800 m.
(Kim & Chan, 2020, TDSB 31) - Indo-West Pacific: Zanzibar, Maldives, Japan, Taiwan, Philippines, Indonesia, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Tonga and Austral Islands in French Polynesia; at depths of 112-970 m. Reported for the first time in Papua New Guinea, 260-1150 m deep.
Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Soft bottom (mud or sand)
Vertical range : Deep (more than 100 m) - Min-Max observed: 112-1150 m
New Caledonia data
Parapontophilus junceus - Komai, 2008: 280, New Caledonia. MUSORSTOM 4, stn 242, 22°05.8’S, 167°10.3’E, 500-550 m, 3.X.1985, 2 FF 4.6, 5.6 mm (MNHN-Na 16096). BIOCAL, stn CP 75, 22°19’S, 167°23’E, 825-860 m, 4.IX.1985, 3 FF 5.3, 6.0 mm (largest specimen damaged) (MNHN-Na 16103). BATHUS 1, stn CP 663, 20°58.66’S, 165°38.27’E, 730-780 m, 13.III.1993, 1 F 8.5 mm (MNHN-Na 16104). — Stn CP 709, 21°41.78’S, 166°37.88’E, 650-800 m, 19.III.1993, 1 F 6.6 mm MNHN-Na 16105); 1 F 6.6 mm, infested by bopyrid (MNHNNa). — Stn CP 765, 22°09.6’S, 166°02.8’E, 600-630 m, 17.III.1993, 2 FF 8.0, 8.2 mm (MNHN-Na). BATHUS 2, stn CP 743, 22°35.6’S, 166°26.2’E, 713-950 m, 14.V.1993, 1 F 8.0 mm (MNHN-Na 16106). — Stn CP 765, 22°09.6’S, 166°02.8’E, 600-630 m, 17.V.1993, 2 FF 8.0, 8.1 mm (MNHNNa 16107). — Stn CP 771, 22°09.52’S, 166°01.75’E, 610-800 m, 18.V.1993, 1 F 7.0 mm (MNHN-Na 16108). HALIPRO 1, stn CP 866, 21°26.91’S, 166°17.23’E, 550-600 m, 22.III.1994, 1 F 7.0 mm (MNHN-Na 16111).BATHUS 4, stn CP 913, 18°56.23’S, 163°04.86’E,
777-820 m, 5.VIII.1994, 1 F 7.5 mm (MNHN-Na 16109). — Stn CP 950, 20°31.93’S, 164°56.11’E, 705-750 m, 10.VIII.1994, 4 ovig. FF 8.0-8.4 mm (MNHN-Na 16110). Loyalty Islands. MUSORSTOM 6, stn CP 438, 20°23.00’S, 166°29.10’E, 780 m, 18.II.1989, 1 F 8.0 mm (MNHN-Na 16102). Chesterfield Islands. MUSORSTOM 5, stn 323, 21°18.52’S, 157°57.62’E, 970 m, 14.X.1986, 1 F 12.8 mm (MNHN-Na 16097). — Stn CC 384, 19°42.40’S, 158°50.80’E, 772-756 m, 21.X.1986, 1 F 7.7 mm (MNHN-Na 16098). — Stn CP 386, 20°56.21’S, 160°51.12’E, 770-755 m, 22.X.1986, 1 M 6.7 mm, 2 FF 5.4, 6.2 mm (MNHN-Na 16099). — Stn CP 387, 20°53.41’S, 160°52.14’E, 650-660 m, 22.X.1986, 1 M 5.0 mm, 1 F 7.0 mm, 1 juvenile 4.1 mm (MNHN-Na 16100). — Stn CC 390, 21°00.90’S, 160°50.30’E, 745-825 m, 22.X.1985, 1 F 7.0 mm (MNHN-Na 16101).
Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
EASTER ISLAND - Pontophilus gracilis junceus - Burukovsky, 1990: 209 (Seamounts Sala y Gòmez and south-western part of Nazca ridge, 24°58'-25°07' S - 88°31'-99°35' W; 500-800 m). - Parin et al., 1997: 163, tab. 3 (List of Decapoda for the Nazca and Sala y Gòmez submarine ridges). FRENCH POLYNESIA - Parapontophilus junceus - Komai (2008: ) coll. BENTHAUS, Austral Islands, Marotiri, Island, stn DW 1881, 27°54.6’S, 143°28.5’W, 112-121 m, 6.XI.2002, 1 sp 6.5 mm (MNHN-Na 16152). E of Rapa Island, stn DW 1889, 27°36.8’N, 144°15.7’W, 600-620 m, 7.XI.2002, 2 spp. 4.6 mm, 6.1 mm (larger one photographed) (MNHN-Na 16153). Stn CP 1891, 27°37.1’S, 144°15.4’E, 800-850 m, 7.XI.2002, 4 spp. (not measured) (MNHN-Na 16154). Stn CP 1892, 27°38.8’S, 144°15.6’W, 742-1000 m, 7.XI.2002, 1 sp. 5.7 mm (MNHN-Na 16155). Tubuai Islands, stn DW 1955, 23°18.6’S, 149°25.7’W, 750-850 m, 18.XI.2002, 3 spp. 5.8-6.1 mm (MNHN-Na 16156). Stn CP 1965, 23°21.3’S, 149°33.9’W, 19.XI.2002, 1 sp. 4.9 mm, 8 spp. 4.8-7.5 mm, 1 juvenile 3.2 mm (MNHNNa 16157). Stn CP 1967, 23°21.4’S, 149°34.2’W, 600-1200 m, 19.XI.2002, 10 spp. 4.6-6.4 mm, 13 spp. 4.4-7.0 mm (MNHN-Na 16158).
Parapontophilus junceus - TARASOC 2009, st. DW3451, 440-490 m, Raiatea - Paris MNHN-IU-2011-4375
References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)This species in Worms Database