Decapoda - Dendrobranchiata - Aristeidae - Aristaeomorpha

Aristaeomorpha foliacea (Risso, 1826)



World Distribution
Pérez Farfante & Kensley (1997); Poupin (1998); Burukovsky (1990) - Worldwide: western and eastern Atlantic, Mediterranea, east Africa, Indian ocean, Indonesia, Philippines, Taiwan, Japan, western and eastern Australia, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Wallis & Futuna, Fiji, French Polynesia; Seamounts Sala y Gòmez and south-western part of Nazca ridge, 25°04' S / 97°26' W - Deep (61-1300 m).
Pérez-Farfante & Kensley (1997 : 36) - Mondial. Atlantique Ouest et Est ; Méditerrannée ; Indo-ouest Pacifique. Comprend, Afrique du Sud, Mozambique, Madagascar, Réunion, Maldives, Wallis & Futuna, Polynésie française, Ile de Pâque.

(Chan & Yang, 2023, Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos) - Widely distributed in the Indo-West Pacific and Atlantic, at depths of 61-2000 m (de Freitas 1985; Crosnier 1978; Pérez Farfante & Kensley 1997; Emmerson 2016). Nevertheless, reported for the first time from Mayotte and the Walters Shoal.

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Pelagic or bathypelagic

Vertical range : Pelagic or bathypelagic - Min-Max observed: 60-1300 m

Mayotte data
Aristaeomorpha foliacea - Chan & Yang, 2023, Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos: 16, Mayotte. BIOMAGLO Stn CP4859, 13°01’S, 44°53’E, 742-833 m, 4 Feb. 2017, 1 male cl 35.6 mm (MNHN-IU-2014-18042)

Réunion data
Aristaeomorpha foliacea - Crosnier, 1976 : 227 (Réunion, coll. P. Guézé, Le Port 600 m, casier 10/06/1973, MNHN ; espèce signalée de 61-1300 m). - Crosnier, 1985 : 861 (Réunion, coll. Marion Dufresne, MD32, plusieurs stations en 1982, 450-620 m, MNHN).

New Caledonia data
Bathus 2 Nouvelle Caledonie, CP765 — Crosnier A, unpublished data.
Azteque Nouvelle Caledonie, CH7 — Crosnier A, unpublished data.
Paleo Surprise Nouvelle Caledonie, CP18 — Crosnier A, unpublished data.
Azteque Nouvelle Caledonie, CH3 — Crosnier A, unpublished data.
Azteque Nouvelle Caledonie, CH1 — Crosnier A, unpublished data.
Musorstom 4 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW197 — Crosnier A, unpublished data.
Biocal Nouvelle Caledonie, DW40 — Crosnier A, unpublished data.
Beryx 11 Nouvelle Caledonie, CH4 — Crosnier A, unpublished data.
Halipro 2 Nouvelle Caledonie, BT88 — Crosnier A, unpublished data.
Halipro 2 Nouvelle Caledonie, BT76 — Crosnier A, unpublished data.
Halipro 2 Nouvelle Caledonie, BT71 — Crosnier A, unpublished data.
Halipro 2 Nouvelle Caledonie, BT50 — Crosnier A, unpublished data.
Halipro 2 Nouvelle Caledonie, BT1 — Crosnier A, unpublished data.
Beryx 11 Nouvelle Caledonie, CP58 — Crosnier A, unpublished data.
Musorstom 5 Nouvelle Caledonie, CC384 — Crosnier A, Musorstom 5, 144: 37-67
Musorstom 5 Nouvelle Caledonie, CC365 — Crosnier A, Musorstom 5, 144: 37-67
Musorstom 4 Nouvelle Caledonie, CP169 — Crosnier A, Musorstom 5, 144: 37-67
Musorstom 4 Nouvelle Caledonie, CC202 — Crosnier A, Musorstom 5, 144: 37-67
Musorstom 4 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW161 — Crosnier A, Musorstom 5, 144: 37-67
Beryx 11 Nouvelle Caledonie, CP60 — Crosnier A, Musorstom 5, 144: 37-67
Musorstom 5 Nouvelle Caledonie, CC366 — Crosnier A, Musorstom 5, 144: 37-67
Musorstom 6 Nouvelle Caledonie, CP438 — Crosnier A, Musorstom 5, 144: 37-67
Bathus 1 Nouvelle Caledonie, CP709 — Crosnier A, Musorstom 5, 144: 37-67
Biocal Nouvelle Caledonie, CP32 — Crosnier A, unpublished data.

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
EASTER ISLAND - Aristaeomorpha foliacea - Burukovsky, 1990: 189 (Seamounts Sala y Gòmez and south-western part of Nazca ridge, 25°04' S / 97°26' W; 300-500 m). - Parin et al., 1997: 162, tab. 3 (List of Decapoda for submarine ridges of Nazca and Sala y Gòmez). - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Aristaeomorpha foliacea - Poupin, 1998: 3, fig. 1 (Checklist; coll. Frv Marara, fr, det. A. Crosnier, Maupiti MNHN Na13433; 718m). - Unpublished specimens in MNHN collection, det. A. Crosnier 2005, coll. BENTHAUS Expedition 2002: Rapa I., st. CP1892, 742-1000 m, Tubuai I., st. CP1965, 500-1200 m, st. CP1966, 636-1200 m, st. CP1967, 600-1200 m.
Aristaeomorpha foliacea - TARASOC 2009, st. CP3449, 780-780 m, Tahaa - Paris MNHN-IU-2011-4340
Aristaeomorpha foliacea - TARASOC 2009, st. CP3450, 705-755 m, Tahaa - Paris MNHN-IU-2011-3980
Aristaeomorpha foliacea - TARASOC 2009, st. DW3466, -750 m, Moorea - Paris MNHN-IU-2011-3773
Aristaeomorpha foliacea - TARASOC 2009, st. CP3438, 638-700 m, between Raiatea & Tahaa - Paris MNHN-IU-2011-3752

Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: IOV (Testigos, Margarita, Blanquilla, Tortuga). 61-1300 m. Pantropical.
Aristaeomorpha foliacea - Pérez Farfante & Kensley, 1997: 36, 'Carribean Sea to Venezuela'. - Lira et al., 2017a: 32, Testigos, Margarita (Los Frailes), Blanquilla, Tortuga.

Wallis & Futuna data
Musorstom 7 Wallis & Futuna, CP632 #Crosnier A, Musorstom 12, 161: 367-373
Musorstom 7 Wallis & Futuna, CP627 #Crosnier A, Musorstom 12, 161: 367-373

French Guiana and surroundings areas: Guiana, Suriname, Brazil (Amapà)
Aristaeomorpha foliacea – Corbari et al., 2015: 165–167, unnumbered tab., French Guiana [R/V Hermano Gines, July–October 2014, 30–800 m]. — Mantelatto et al. 2022: 10, Guyana [in Distribution].
Distribution/Habitat – Worldwide; Marine (pelagic, bathypelagic); 60–1300 m

Other data
Musorstom 2 Philippines, CP78 — Crosnier A, Musorstom 5, 144: 37-67
Musorstom 2 Philippines, CP26 — Crosnier A, Musorstom 5, 144: 37-67
Musorstom 8 Vanuatu, CP1073 — Crosnier A, unpublished data.
Musorstom 8 Vanuatu, CC1056 — Crosnier A, unpublished data.
Musorstom 8 Vanuatu, CC1034 — Crosnier A, unpublished data.
Musorstom 8 Vanuatu, CP994 — Crosnier A, unpublished data.
Musorstom 8 Vanuatu, CP992 — Crosnier A, unpublished data.

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