Decapoda - Caridea - Alpheidae - Arete

Arete indicus Coutière, 1903



World Distribution
Anker (2001, fasc. 2: 243) - Red Sea, E and SE Africa (new record: Mafia Island, Tanzania), Madagascar, Mascarenes, Seychelles, Maldives, Laccadives, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Manazuru and Kochi, Japan, S China, Indonesia, Palau, Philippines, Papua New Guinea (new record Madang), Australia, Western Tropical Pacific, Tongatapu, Tonga, French Polynesia (new record at Nothern Territory Museum). Many of these records may refer to other species. Also Réunion, Europa, French Polynesia

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Associated with echinoderms

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 1-5 m

Europa data
Arete indicus - Europa, mission BIORECIE, st. 10, bord lagon, dans un oursin Echinometra mataei, 1 sp. Lc 2.1 mm, Lt about 5.7 mm (MNHN). Premier signalement.

Réunion data
Athanas indicus - Ribes, 1978 (Réunion). - Banner & Banner, 1983 : 78 (Réunion dans le matériel examiné), 150 (Réunion, basse-mer). - Arete indicus - Anker, 2001, fasc. 2: 242 (Classement générique et distribution). - Anker et al., 2006, Evolution, appendix S1: 15 (Réunion, MNHN).

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
Arete indicus - A.H. Banner, 1959: 130 (Raroia; in hole made by sea urchin Echinotrema). - Anker, 2001, fasc. 2: 242 (Reference, distribution, ecology; new record for French Polynesia). - Athanas indicus - A.H. & D.M. Banner, 1960: 149 (Bora Bora); 1967: 260-261 (Society; "Athanas indicus was found living in exacavations made by the sea urchin Echinometra"). - Bruce, 1982: 207 (Echinoid hosts genera: Diadema, Echinometra, Anthocidaris). - Poupin, 1998: 23 (Checklist). - Moorea fieldwork December 2006, coll. Poupin (Papetoai lagoon, 0.1 m, fringing reef, in sea urchin Echinometra mathai), det. Poupin/Anker, specimens (MNHN) and photograph. - Arete cf. indicus - Leray, 2012: 199, Thesis, fig. D2-G, Moorea

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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