Decapoda - Brachyura - Xanthidae - Pseudoliomera

Pseudoliomera speciosa (Dana, 1852)



World Distribution
(Davie, 2002: 517) - IWP from East Africa, Australia to Japan and east to Hawaii. Includes Wallis & Futuna, French Polynesia.
Serène (1983 : 101), MASDEA/AfReMas (Internet) - Indo-ouest Pacifique, de la Mer Rouge à Hawaii. Comprend, Afrique orientale, Mozambique, Somalie, Madagascar, Seychelles, Réunion, Maurice, Wallis & Futuna, Polynésie française.

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Associated with corals (obligate)

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 0-21 m

Mayotte data
Pseudoliomera speciosa (Dana, 1852)
Material examined — Mayotte KUW 2009, st. 11, scraping of buoy 'Barbord Est, Kongo' along shipping channel, 1-4 m, 1 M 10.2 x 13.8 mm (photo), 1 F, MNHN B32467, MNHN-IU-2009-1229; st. 23, Choizil Pass, "Patate à Teddy", 15-30 m, 1 F 8.5 x 12.0 mm, MNHN B32359, MNHN-IU-2009-1132; st. 32, Islet M'tzamboro, northeast, 6-21 m, 1 M 5.5 x 7.5 mm, MNHN B32360, MNHN-IU-2009-1133.
Geographic and depth ranges — IWP, Red Sea, Mayotte (this work), South Africa to Hawaii, French Polynesia; intertidal, subtidal.

Réunion data
Actea speciosa - Ribes, 1978 : 126 (Réunion dans le matériel examiné). - Pseudoliomera speciosa - Serène, 1984 : 101 (Ribes dans les références seulement, pas de spécimen de la Réunion). - Mission Poupin, avril 2008 (D'après photographies, Aquarium de Saint Gilles P. Durville, programme BIOTAS).

New Caledonia data
Pseudoliomera speciosa - Juncker & Poupin (2009: 71, n°857, CRISP Report) -Profondeur : 1-5 m / Source : cette compilation d'après récolte et photo.

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
WALLIS & FUTUNA - Pseudoliomera speciosa - Poupin & Juncker, in preparation (Futuna). - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Actaea speciosa - Sendler, 1923: 38 (Tahiti). - Odhner, 1925: 62 (Tahiti). - Forest & Guinot, 1962: 66 (Biogeography "Tahiti-Tuamotu"). - (Pseudoliomera) speciosa - Guinot, 1976: 203, 243 (Genus uncertain); 1985: 451, with a ? (List). - Poupin, 1996a: 45 (Checklist) - New material - coll. Frv Marara, April/May, 1997, det. J. Poupin according to picture only, cf. Nagai & Nomura, 1988, photograph p. 225 (Fangataufa). - Moorea Biocode project. - AAMP, Marquesas, 2012, Leg 3, St. MQ17-R, bank off Motane, 35-40 m, coll. Starmer et al., sample LC203.

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

This species in Worms Database