Decapoda - Brachyura - Percnidae - Percnon

Percnon guinotae Crosnier, 1965



World Distribution
IWP, Wallis & Futuna, French Polynesia - Guinot (1967), MASDEA/AfReMas (Internet), ABRS (Internet), Poupin (Internet) - Afrique orientale, Somalie, Tanzanie, Seychelles, Madagascar, Glorieuses à Australie, Wallis & Futuna, Polynésie française.

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

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 1-10 m

Mayotte data
Percnon guinotae Crosnier, 1965
Material examined — Mayotte KUW 2009, st. 11, 2 FF ov. 31.6 x 28.5 mm, 43.0 x 37.6 mm, MNHN B32053, MNHN-IU-2009-972; st. 35, 1 F ov. 25.5 x 22.4 mm, MNHN B32054, MNHN-IU-2009-973; st. 9b, S Pass, coll. J.-M. Bouchard, 1 F ov. 32.5 x 28.5 mm, MNHN B32055, MNHN-IU-2009-974; photo Norbert Verneau, Mayotte.
Other records — Percnon guinotae - Crosnier, 1965: 83, fig. 130-131, 136, 140-141, 145-146, pl. VII, fig. 2, Glorieuses. - Guinot, 1967: 289, list with Glorieuses. - Poupin, 2016: Expedition Juan de Nova December 2013, st2 (nr). - BIOTAS 2009, Juan de Nova, st. JDN06, lots MEPA-00427r, reef-block.
Remarks — On live specimens, brigth red color of the cornea in P. guinotae is a good mean to separate it from the related P. planissimum, with black cornea (compare live photographs of both species in Legall & Poupin, 2018).
Geographic and depth ranges — IWP, Somalia, Tanzania, Mayotte (this work), Madagascar to Wallis & Futuna, French Polynesia; low intertidal, shallow subtidal.

Réunion data
Percnon planissimum - Ribes-Beaudemoulin et al. 2002 : 70 (Réunion), non Percnon planissimum (Herbst, 1804). - Percnon abbreviatum - Mission Poupin, avril 2008 (D'après photographies de L. Bêche, E. Lancelot, programme BIOTAS). - Poupin, 2009 : 70. - D'après les observations faites à Mayotte en novembre 2009 par J. Poupin et R. Cléva, avec photographie d'un spécimen in situ, capture et observation au laboratoire, tous ces signalements, correspondants à un même patron de couleur, sont en fait des Percnon guinotae Crosnier, 1965.

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
WALLIS & FUTUNA - Percnon guinotae - Poupin & Juncker, in prep (Futuna). - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Percnon guinotae. - Poupin, 1996a: 71, 76 (Checklist, with the first record at Hiva Oa; coll. Frv Marara, fr) - Unpublished specimens, MNHN - Coll. & det. J. Poupin, 6/09/97, MUSORSTOM 9 campaign (Eiao, snorkling, 1-2m beneath sea urchin; also associated with Pocillopora). - Field observation, 2006, photograph by P. Bacchet, prov. det. Poupin, Nuku Hiva, about 2 m. - AAMP, Marquesas, 2012, Leg 2, coll. Evans, sample 0065, St 2, Nuku Hiva, 20 m, 1 female 21.5x20.8 mm, Leg 3, St. MQ13-R-Bois, Tahuata, 27-35 m, coll. Starmer et al., sample LC124. - Percnon cf. guinotae - Salvat & Bacchet, 2011: 257, photo, field guide 'Au Vent des Iles Ed. Tahiti - French Polynesia, most often Society (Moorea, Tahiti).

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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