Decapoda - Brachyura - Matutidae - Ashtoret

Ashtoret lunaris (Forskål, 1775)

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World Distribution
Galil & Clark (1994 : 8) - Red Sea and Eastern Africa to Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, Philippine, Papua New Guinea. Also Europa, Glorieuses, Juan de Nova.

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Soft bottom (mud or sand)

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 1-6 m

Mayotte data
Ashtoret lunaris (Forskål, 1775) — Ashtoret lunaris - Poupin et al., 2013c: 11, Glorieuses (Expedition Glorieuses December 2012 (new record), st. BIO 28, BIO 33 1 F 29.8 x 32.3 (without lateral spine) mm, MNHN-IU-2013-7339). - Poupin, 2016 : 50, Juan de Nova (Expedition Juan de Nova December 2013, reef-sand, st. 15 (nr), female 39 x 40 mm (64 with lateral spines), photo (nr), MNHN-IU-2013-16085) - IWP, Red Sea, South Africa to Japan, New Caledonia; shallow subtidal.

Europa data
Matuta lunaris - Dérijard, 1966 : 162, Europa.

Réunion data
Matuta lunaris - Guinot, 1967 : 246 (Réunion dans la distribution) - Ashtoret lunaris - Ng et al, 2008 : 50 (Liste des noms valides). = Ashtoret lunaris (Forskål, 1775).

New Caledonia data
Nouvelle Caledonie, STATION — Ng P.K.L & Richer de Forges B., Compendium of marine species from New Caledonia, Vol II7: 315-332

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

This species in Worms Database