Decapoda - Brachyura - Xanthidae - Platypodia

Platypodia granulosa (Rüppell, 1830)



World Distribution
Serène (1984 : 162) - Indo-ouest Pacifique. Mer Rouge, Réunion, Europa, Madagascar, Polynésie française. Comprend, Afrique orientale, Mozambique, Mayotte, premier signalement.

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

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 0-6 m

Mayotte data
Platypodia granulosa (Rüppell, 1830)
Material examined — Mayotte KUW 2009, st. 10, Islet " Quatres Frères (Vatou)", intertidal, 1 F 14 x 20 mm, MNHN B32445, MNHN-IU-2009-1207.
Geographic and depth ranges — IWP, Red Sea, Mozambique, Mayotte (this work), South Africa to Hawaii, French Polynesia; intertidal, subtidal.

Europa data
Platypodia granulosa - Fourmanoir, 1952 : 175 (Europa). - Dérijard, 1965 : 165, fig. 6-7 (Europa). - Guinot, 1967 : 268 (Liste, avec Europa). - Platypodia aff. granulosa - Europa - BIORECIE, St. 8, 1 female juvenile 8.4x12 mm (MNHN).

Réunion data
Platypodia granulosa - Serène, 1984 : 162 (Réunion dans le matériel examiné, coll. Petit, 1926, MNHN B7100).

New Caledonia data
Nouvelle Caledonie, STATION — Ng P.K.L & Richer de Forges B., Compendium of marine species from New Caledonia, Vol II7: 315-332

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
Atergatis limbatus - ? Heller, 1865: 8 (Tahiti). - Platypodia granulosa - ? Pesta, 1913: 41 (Tahiti). - Forest & Guinot, 1962: 62 (Biogeography "Tahiti-Tuamotu"). - Serène, 1984: 159 (Syn. ). - Guinot, 1985: 451 (List). - Merschardt-Salvat, 1991: 89 (Nukutipipi). - Poupin, 1996a: 47 (Checklist). - Not Lophactea granulosa - Nobili, 1907: 388 ("Rikitea" = Mangareva, Marutea). - Not Platypodia granulosa - Forest & Guinot, 1961: 51 (Mangareva) - These two references = Platypodia pseudogranulosa sp. nov. in Serène (1984: 159; cf. Remark) - Synonyms - Atergatis limbatus (H. Milne Edwards, 1834). - Remark: Serène (1984: 159), for the description of Platypodia pseudogranulosa, closely related to P. granulosa, does not mention Heller's (1865) and Pesta's (1913) references, neither under P. granulosa, nor under P. pseudogranulosa. Thus we place these two references under both species, with uncertainty.

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