Decapoda - Caridea - Alpheidae - Rugathanas

Rugathanas borradailei (Coutière, 1903)



World Distribution
Anker (2010: 29, Zootaxa) - Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea, East Africa, Madagascar, Maldives, Mascarene Islands, Philippines, Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, Australia, Samoa (Anker & Jeng 2007); herewith range extended to the Society Islands (Moorea), French Polynesia, and the northern Line Islands (US territory).

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Hard bottom (rock and rubbles)

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

Réunion data
Athanas polynesia - Ribes, 1978 (Réunion). - Athanas borradailei - Ribes, 1978 (Réunion). - Banner & Banner, 1983 : 73 (Réunion dans le matériel examiné, synonymie précisée avec Athanas polynesia).

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
Rugathanas borradailei - Anker (2010: 28, Zootaxa) - French Polynesia, Society Islands. 1 male (CL 2.20 mm), FLMNH UF Arthropoda 16327, Moorea, lagoon between Cook’s Bay and Sheraton Hotel, 17.4764° S, 149.8327° W, outer reef slope, spur and groove zone, from large dead Acropora, depth: 4–7 m, coll. C. McKeon, J. Moore, processed by A. Anker, 10.XI.2008 [BMOO-fcn 5251]; 1 ovigerous female (CL 2.05 mm), FLMNH UF Arthropoda 16326, same collection data as for previous specimen [fcn BMOO-5250]. -

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