Decapoda - Anomura - Porcellanidae - Petrolisthes

Petrolisthes borradailei Kropp, 1983


World Distribution
Osawa & Chan (2010 : 121) - IWP, Chagos, Seychelles to Taiwan, Japan, Loyalty Is., French Polynesia. Europa. Juan de Nova

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

Vertical range : Intertidal - Min-Max observed: 0-5 m

Mayotte data
Petrolisthes borradailei - Expedition Glorieuses December 2012 (new record), st. BIO 30, st. BIO 34 (no epibranchial spine, mixed with P. lamarckii a very close species but with an epibranchial spine; the 2 were confused before Kropp, 1983). - Expedition Juan de Nova December 2013, intertidal, st 2 (nr), 1 female (photo) (no epibranchial spine) (MNHN).

Europa data
Petrolisthes borradailei - Europa, BIOTAS collections, specimens MEPA-00029, st. EURO-1, det. J. Poupin d'après photo - Europa, Mission BIORECIE, St. 4, 1 female 6.0x5.8 mm (MNHN), St. 8, 2 males 6.1x5.9-7.9x7.5 mm (MNHN), St. 11, 1 male 7.4x7.0 mm, 1 female ovigerous 7.3x7.1 mm (MNHN), St. 15, 2 males 6.9x6.3-8.9x8.1 mm (MNHN-IU-2012-585). Premier signalement.

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
Petrolisthes rufescens - Nobili, 1907: 377 ("Rikitea" = Mangareva; cf. Remark under P. rufescens). - Poupin, 1994a: 25, fig. 21, pl. 2h (Mangareva, Moruroa, Taiaro; coll. Frv Marara) not P. rufescens = P. borradailei fide Kropp personal communication. - Petrolisthes borradailei Kropp, 1983: 96, 106, fig. 3 ("Fakarova" = Fakarava, Huahine, "Makeno" = Makemo, Moorea, Nuku Hiva, Rangiroa, Raroia, "Pascua Pass" = ?, Tahiti, "Tikahua" = Tikehau). - Poupin, 1996a: 21, 22 (Checklist). - AAMP, Marquesas, 2012, coll. Evans, Leg 2, St 20, Ua Huka, tide pool, 1 male 9.6x9.4 mm, sample 0348; Leg 3, St. MQ5-M, Nuku Hiva, intertidal, coll. Starmer, Poupin, sample JP24, sample ?unumbered, JP? (lot), St. MQ10-M, Hiva Oa, intertidal, coll. Starmer, Poupin, sample LC47, St. MQ25-M, Nuku Hiva, baie Hakatea, intertidal, coll. Corbari et al., sample LC294, St. MQ29-M, Eiao, intertidal, coll. Corbari et al., sample LC371. - Salvat & Bacchet, 2011: 239, 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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