Decapoda - Brachyura - Xanthidae - Pseudoliomera
| Pseudoliomera variolosa (Borradaile, 1902) |
World Distribution
Serène (1984 : 102) - Indo-ouest Pacifique. Afrique orientale (Kenya, Somalie), Seychelles (Amirantes, Aldabra), Madagascar, Réunion, Mauricie, jusqu'à Hawaii. De 15 jusqu'à 311 m. Mayotte premier signalement.
Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Associated with corals (obligate)
Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 1-30 m
Mayotte data
Pseudoliomera variolosa (Borradaile, 1902)
Material examined — Mayotte KUW 2009, st. 23, Choizil Pass, "Patate à Teddy", 15-30 m, 2 FF 6.2 x 9.2 mm, 7.4 x 10.4 mm, MNHN-IU-2009-3230, det. October 2011.
Remarks — This species has superficial ressemblances with juveniles of Gaillardiellus rueppelli (Krauss, 1843). The aspect of chelae is a good mean to separate them. In Pseudoliomera variolosa the palm is more inflated and fingers are hoof-shaped with two bristle brushes at tip.
Geographic and depth ranges — IWP, Kenya, Somalia, Mayotte (this work), South Africa to Hawaii, French Polynesia; shallow subtidal to bathyal, 29–311 m.
Europa data
Pseudoliomera variolosa - Europa, BIOTAS collections, specimens MEPA-00288 st. EURO-17, det. J. Poupin d'après photo. Premier signalement.
Réunion data
Pseudoliomera variolosa - Ribes, 1978 : 127 (Réunion). - Serène, 1984 : 102 (Réunion dans le matériel examiné, coll. S. Ribes 20/1/1977, La Réunion, 30 m, sur Galaxea sp.). - Misson Poupin, avril 2008 (D'après photographies du programme BIOTAS).
Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
Pseudoliomera variolosa - Kropp & Birkeland, 1981: 630, tab. 5 (Moorea). - Monteforte, 1984: 171, annex 1, tab. a (Mataiva, Moorea; cf. Remark); 1987: 9 (Moorea). - Peyrot-Clausade, 1989: 111, 115 (Moorea, Tikehau; 30m). - Poupin, 1996a: 45 (Checklist). - Aff. Pseudoliomera variolosa - Peyrot-Clausade, 1977a, annex of the species: 27 (Moorea). - (Pseudoliomera) variolosa - Guinot, 1985: 451 (List). - Remark: Monteforte writes, Pseudoliomera variolosa (A. Milne Edwards, 1837 sic). Then, it could be Neoliomera variolosa (A. Milne Edwards, 1873), which is different from Borradaile's species (cf. Serène, 1984: 66). - Moorea Biocode project. - AAMP, Marquesas, 2012, Leg 2, coll. Evans, sample 0336, St 19, Ua Huka, 20 m, 1 male 3.3x4.8 mm; Leg 3, St. MQ27-B, Hatu Iti, 5-22 m, coll. Starmer et al., sample LC383, St. MQ32-B, Hatutaa, 17-22 m, coll. Albenga et al, sample LC389. - Mission CRIOBE 2014 (collection, Moorea, 1982, coll. Monteforte, det. Forest)
References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)This species in Worms Database