Decapoda - Axiidea - Axiidae - Parascytoleptus

Parascytoleptus tridens (Rathbun, 1906)



World Distribution
Kensley (2003: 371, Micronesica) - Pacific Ocean: French Frigate Shoals; Society Islands; Moorea; Bora Bora; Hawaii; Tahiti. Indian Ocean: Aldabra Atoll. Also Juan de Nova, Mozambique channel

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

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 0-5 m

Mayotte data
Expedition Juan de Nova December 2013, 1 ov. female st. 15 (det. P. Dworschak, May 2014; NHMW 25608) ; 1 ov. female Lc 5,3 mm, Lt 19,6 mm, st. 12 (MNHN-IU-2013-7217, examined by Poupin, same sp. as NHMW 25608).

New Caledonia data
P. aff. tridens. - Poore & Collins (2010: 614, CRM, Leiden) - New Caledonia, MNHN Th1153 (ovigerous female, cl. 7.3 mm, tl. 20.7 mm).

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
Paraxius tridens - Sendler, 1923: 44 (Makatea). - Parascytoleptus tridens - Sakai & de Saint Laurent: 40 (New combination). - Sakai, 1992: 212 ("Vaitapu" = Bora Bora, "Maharepa & Afareaitu" = Moorea ; dead coral, 0.5-2m). - Poupin, 1998: 31, fig. 6 (Checklist).

Comment(s) on data
Mail par P. Dworschak (May 2014) for specimen from Juan de Nova - a species quite common in the Indo-Pacific (see Kensley, 2003), but probably a species complex (see Poore & Collins, 2010).

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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