Decapoda - Anomura - Porcellanidae - Petrolisthes

Petrolisthes tomentosus (Dana, 1852)

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World Distribution
(Osawa, 2007: 29) - Indo-West Pacific, Somalia and Madagascar to Western Australia, Taiwan and Palau, New Caledonia to Tuamotu. 0-11 m
Haig (1983 : 284, sous Petrolisthes penicillatus), Kropp (1986 : 453) - Indo-ouest Pacifique. Afrique orientale, Somalie, Comores (Anjouan), Glorieuses, Europa, Madagascar, Seychelles, Maurice, Nicobar, Australie occidentale, Palau, Japon, Mariannes, Guam, Fidji, Polynésie française (Tahiti).

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

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 0-12 m

Mayotte data
Petrolisthes penicillatus - Haig, 1966 : 42 (Comores, île Anjouan, coll. A. Crosnier, novembre 1961, zone intertidale, 1 mâle 6,5 mm, 2 femelles ovigères 4,5 et 6,3 mm ; Glorieuses zone intertidale, 16 septembre 1958, coll. Millot, 4 mâles 2,7 à 6,6 mm, 2 femelles 5,8 et 8,5 mm, 4 femelles ovigères 4,6 à 6,5 mm, MNHN). - Petrolisthes tomentosus - Mission KUW novembre 2009, st. 26, Platier de Mutsumbatsou, intertidal, 1 femelle 6,2x6,0 mm, photo ('Porcellanidae poilu 6,2 mm ') MNHN, 3 mâles 5,05x4,73 à 6,18x5,67 mm, 4 femelles ovigères 5,04x4,63 à 5,62x5,92 mm, 2 femelles 4,22x4,18 et 5,59x5,23 mm.

Europa data
Petrolisthes tomentosus - Europa - BIORECIE, St. 8, 1 male 6.4x6.3 mm, 3 ovigerous females 5.6x5.6-7.3x7.3 mm (MNHN). Premier signalement.

Réunion data
Petrolisthes tomentosus - Ribes, 1978 (Réunion). - Mission Poupin, avril 2008, prov pre-det from BIOTAS, corrected in P. pubescens later based on remarks by Kropp (1986). - Petrolisthes ?tomentosus - Réunion - Program BIOLAVE, ARVAM, J.-P. Quod, photo, plate A. Barrère. - Coll. BIOLAVE, 02/06/2011, shallow-waters, divers 10-30 m, det. J. Poupin based on color photo, 9/01/2013. - Photo in situ P. Bourjon, October 2016.

New Caledonia data
Nouvelle Caledonie, STATION — Haig J, The Beagle Record of the Northern Territory Museum 4, 1: 11-PPFF

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
Porcellana tomentosa Dana, 1852b: 420; 1855, pl. 26, fig. 10 (Raraka). - Petrolisthes tomentosus - Kropp, 1986: 453, fig. 1 (Tahiti, Tahitian neotype at the USNM; Syn.). - Poupin, 1996a: 22 (Checklist). - Unpublished specimens, coll. & det. G. Paulay, Rangiroa, November 10, 2001, ca. 1 km S. of NW point of atoll off Motu Maeherehonae (FLMNH-UF 1626), Moorea, October 22, 2001, E. wall of Passe Taotai (FLMNH-UF 1573). - Moorea Biocode project. - Salvat & Bacchet, 2011: 240, photo, field guide 'Au Vent des Iles Ed. Tahiti - French Polynesia, most often Society (Moorea, Tahiti), also Petrolisthes sp.

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