Decapoda - Brachyura - Cancridae - Platepistoma

Platepistoma balssii (Zarenkov, 1990)



World Distribution
Davie (1991) - French Polynesia (Marquesas and Austral Islands); Seamounts Sala y Gòmez and south-western part of Nazca ridge, 25°40'-25°19' S / 85°07'-86°17' W - Deep (295-550 m).

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

Vertical range : Deep (more than 100 m) - Min-Max observed: 295-550 m

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
EASTER ISLAND - Cancer balsii Zarenkov, 1990: 228 (Seamounts Sala y Gòmez and south-western part of Nazca ridge, 25°04' S / 97°26' W, 295-350 m). - Parin et al., 1997: 163, tab. 3 (List of Decapoda for the Nazca and Sala y Gòmez submarine ridges). - Platepistoma balsii - Davie, 1991: 503 (New combination; worldwide distribution). - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Cancer sp. nov. - Poupin et al., 1990: 17 (French Polynesia), not sp. nov. = Platepistoma balssii Zarenkov, 1990, fide Davie (1991: 503). - Platepistoma balssii - Davie, 1993: 503, fig. 3d, 6a-b, 7a-b (Eiao, Raivavae, Rapa, Rimatara, Rurutu; 295-550m; coll. Frv Marara, fr). - Poupin, 1996a: 98 (Checklist); 1996b: 32, pl. 15g (Same material).

Other data
Polynesie, STATION — Davie PJF, Musorstom 9, 152: 493-514
Polynesie, CAS150 — Davie PJF, Musorstom 9, 152: 493-514
Polynesie, STATION — Davie PJF, Musorstom 9, 152: 493-514
Polynesie, STATION — Davie PJF, Musorstom 9, 152: 493-514
Polynesie, STATION — Davie PJF, Musorstom 9, 152: 493-514
Polynesie, STATION — Davie PJF, Musorstom 9, 152: 493-514

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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