Decapoda - Caridea - Alpheidae - Arete

Arete dorsalis Stimpson, 1860



World Distribution
Anker (2001, fasc. 2, p. 242) - Red Sea, Persian Gulf, E Africa (new record: Tanzania), Madagascar, Mascarenes, Comores, Seychelles, Maldives, Christmas Island, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Micronesia, Ryukyu Islands, Indonesia, S China, S Japan, Australia (new record: Cartier Reef, Timor Sea), C W Pacific, New Caledonia, French Polynesia, Mitiaro Island (? Cook Islands), Lord Howe Island, and Kermadec Islands (many of thes records could refer to other Arete species).
Anker (2001, fasc. 2 : 241) - Indo-ouest Pacifique, Mer Rouge et Afrique orientale, Kenya, Somalie, à la Polynésie française. Comprend, Tanzanie, Madagascar, Réunion, Maldives, Comores, Seychelles, Maurice.

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Associated with echinoderms

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 0-5 m

Mayotte data
arete dorsalis - Fourmanoir, 1955 : 22 (Grande Comore, Mitsamiouli, 0,8 m ; longueur 12 mm). - Banner & Banner, 1983 : 78 (Comores dans les spécimens examinés). - Arete dorsalis var. proche de A. maruteensis - Fourmanoir, 1955 : 22 (Grande Comore, Mitsamiouli, 1 m ; longueur 15 mm). - Arete dorsalis - Juan de Nova,from BDD TAAF, Direction de l'Environnement, Service de la préservation et de la valorisation des Iles Eparses, 97458 Saint Pierre, Réunion, based on 'INPN 2009', transmitted by par Maxime Amy December 2019.

Réunion data
Athanas dorsalis - Banner & Banner, 1983 : 150 (Réunion, basse-mer). - Arete dorsalis - Anker, 2001, fasc. 2 : 241 (Classement générique et distribution).

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
Arete dorsalis var. Pacificus - Coutière, 1904: 58 (Marutea South). - Arete maruteensis Coutière, 1905a: 864; 1905b: 18, fig. 1-6 (Marutea South; in sea urchin Heterocentrotus mamillatus). - Nobili, 1907: 353 (Mangareva, Hao, Fakarava, Marutea). - Seurat, 1934: 60 (Marutea South). - Arete dorsalis - Banner, 1959: 130 (Raroia; in sea urchin). - Anker, 2001, fasc. 2: 241 (References, distribution, ecology). - Athanas dorsalis - A.H. & D.M. Banner, 1960: 151, fig. 5-6; 1967: 261 (Syn. and Tuamotu in distribution). - Bruce, 1982: 207 (Echinoid hosts genera: Centrostephanus, Echinothrix, Stomopneustes, Tripneustes, Heliocidaris, Centrostephanus); 1990: 578 (Redescription with illustrations). - Chace, 1988: 62 (Syn.). - Poupin, 1998: 23 (Checklist). - Arete ?dorsalis - AAMP, Marquesas, 2012, Leg 3, St. MQ7-M, Nuku Hiva, baie Controleur, 0-1 m, coll. Corbari et al., sample JP39, in spines of Echinothrix diadema, St. MQ15-R, Fatu Hiva, 28 m, dans piquant oursin ?Echinothrix diadema, coll. Starmer et al., sample LC155.

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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