Decapoda - Brachyura - Portunidae - Podophthalmus

Podophthalmus nacreus Alcock, 1899



World Distribution
(Sakai, crabs Japan, Internet) - IWP Madagascar, India, Andaman, Taiwan, Japan, Indonesia, Philippines. Also Réunion in Crosnier (1985). 10-95 m to 127 m ? Check Moosa.

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Soft bottom (mud or sand)

Vertical range : Shallow to deep-waters (e.g. 10-190 m) - Min-Max observed: 10-127 m

Réunion data
Podophthalmus nacreus - Crosnier, 1985 : 35 (Réunion, coll. Marion Dufresne, MD32, 1982, à 45 m, MNHN).

New Caledonia data
Musorstom 6 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW441 — Moosa MK, Musorstom 1, 1: 142-150

Other data
Musorstom 1 Philippines, CP73 — Moosa MK, Musorstom 1, 1: 142-150
Musorstom 1 Philippines, CP72 — Moosa MK, Musorstom 1, 1: 142-150

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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