Decapoda - Anomura - Munididae - Sadayoshia

Sadayoshia edwardsii (Miers, 1884)



World Distribution
Macpherson & Baba (2010: 425) - Amirante Islands, Mauritius Island, La Réunion, Aldabra Island, Mariana Islands, Palau Islands, French Polynesia (Tuamotu Archipelago, Society Islands, Austral Islands), Line Islands, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands. Depths between 3 and 90 m. Halimeda flat bottom, on Seriatopora hystrix, from dead Pocillopora verrucosa head, under dead coral,
rubble. Also Mayotte.

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Associated with corals (facultative)

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 3-90 m

Mayotte data
Sadayoshia edwardsi - Macpherson & Cléva, 2010 : 67 (Mayotte, mission KUW novembre, 2009, st. 23, Passe Choizil, "Patate à Teddy", 15-30 m, 1 mâle Lc 4,6 mm, MNHN-Ga7351).

Réunion data
Sadayochia miyakei - Ribes, 1978 (Réunion). - Sadayoshia edwardsii - Baba, 2005 : 307 (Synonymie, distribution). - Mission Poupin, avril 2008 (Détermination provisoire d'après photographie du programme BIOTAS). - Macpherson & Baba, 2010: 424, LA REUNION ISLAND. Paine au Sucre, 21.0202°S 55.2321°E, 10-15 m, 06 August 2007: 1M4.4 mm (FLMNH 12637).—21.0202°S 55.2321°E, 10-15 m, 06 August 2007: 3 ov. F 2.5-4.2 mm, 1 F 3.0 mm (FLMNH 13072). — 21.0202°S 55.2321°E, 10-15 m, 06 August 2007: 1 M 3.8 mm (FLMNH 12820). - Coll. BIOLAVE, 27/11/2011, shallow-waters, divers 10-30 m, det. J. Poupin based on color photo, 9/01/2013. - Coll. BIOLAVE, 25/11/2011, shallow-waters, divers 10-30 m, det. J. Poupin 25/01/2013.
Sadayoshia edwardsii - Poupin, 2021, Rapport Scientifique Ecole Navale : 26, Réunion program MESORUN, det. J. Poupin, 1 male Lc 4,3 mm, 1 femelle Lc 3,2 mm, échantillon 112, 09 novembre 2020, Pointe au Sel, 21.20383 S / 55.27436 E, 75 m, substrat dur et détritique.

New Caledonia data
Sadayoshia edwardsii - Macpherson & Baba, 2010: 425, NEW CALEDONIA. Lifou Island. Recif Shelter, Stn 4: 1 F 3.0 mm (MNHN Ga7211). — Stn 1446, 20°50.8’S 167°09.7’E, 36-40 m, 16 November 2000: 4M3.0-4.3 mm, 1 ov. F 3.3 mm (MNHN Ga7212).—Stn 1436, 20°55.5’S 167°04.2’E, 10-20 m, 10 November 2000: 2 M 2.9- 3.0 mm (MNHN Ga7213). — Stn 1464, 20°54’S 167°05.9’E, 35-50 m, 14 November 2000: 9 M 2.3-3.8 mm, 1 ov. F 3.0 mm, 3 F 2.4-3.9 mm.—Stn 1464, 20°54’S 167°05.9’E, 35-50 m, 14 November 2000: 1 ov. F 4.4 mm (MNHN Ga7214).—Stn 1446, 20°50.8’S 167°09.7’E, 36- 40 m, 16 November 2000: 1 F 3.7 mm (MNHN Ga7215). — Stn 1465, 20°47.7’S 167°07’E, 35-45 m, 16 November 2000: 2 M 3.0-3.1 mm (MNHN Ga7216). — Stn 1420, 20°46.8’S 167°07.2’E, 4-5 m, 17 November 2000: 1M4.1 mm (MNHN Ga7217).—Stn 1466, 20°46.5’S 167°06.2’E, 25-45 m, 17 November 2000: 1 F 3.6 mm (MNHN Ga7218). New Caledonia. SMIB 5. Stn DW99, 23°24.70’S 168°05.40’E, 58 m, 14 September 1989: 1 M 4.1 mm (MNHN Ga7219).

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
sadayoshia miyakei - Kropp & Birkeland, 1981: 630, tab. 5 (Moorea). - Sadayoshia edwardsii - Baba, 2006: 203, 307 (Tuamotu, Distribution, Synonymy). - Macpherson & Baba, 2010: 425, FRENCH POLYNESIA. Austral Islands. BENTHAUS, Stn DW1926, 24°38.16’S 146°00.82’W, 50-90 m, 14 November 2006: 3 M 2.7-5.0 mm, 1 ov. F 4.6 mm (MNHN Ga 7220). Society Islands. Moorea Island. Temae, 15-22 m, 27 May 2006: 1 M 2.4 mm (FLMNH 9616). — 17.4764°S 149.845°W, 11-13 m, 20 July 2006: 1 ov. F 3.1 mm (FLMNH 9906). — 17.4747°S 149.8392°W, 18 m, 28 July 2006: 1 M 4.6 mm (FLMNH 10141). — 17.4803°S 149.8539°W, 35-37 m, 02 August 2006: 2 M 2.5-3.5 mm, 2 ov. F 3.7-3.9 mm, 1 F 3.2 mm (FLMNH 10031, 10064). — 17.4768°S 149.8327°W, depth unrecorded, 05 August 2006: 1 M 4.3 mm (FLMNH 14832).—17.4817°S 149.8558°W, 17-18 m, 16 October 2008: 1 M 3.4 mm (FLMNH 15639).—17.5099°S 149.761°W, 20-33 m, 26 October 2008: 1M4.9 mm (FLMNH 18372).— 17.5779°S 149.8768°W, 6-21 m, 23 October 2008: 1 M 4.1 mm (FLMNH 18370). Tuamotu Archipelago. Rangiroa Atoll. ca. 1 km S of NW point of atoll, off Motu Macherehonae, 3-12 m, 10 February 2001: 1 F broken (FLMNH 1342) - AAMP, Marquesas, 2012, Leg 3, St. MQ17-R, bank off Motane, 35-40 m, coll. Starmer et al., sample LC188. - Not Sadayoshia aff. Edwardsii - Poupin, 1996a: 97 (Checklist); 1996b: 24, pl. 11g (Moruroa, illustrated; 140m; coll. Frv Marara, fr) = S. latisternata Macpherson & Baba, 2010. - Not Sadayoshia edwardsii - Peyrot-Clausade, 1989: 112, 115 (Moorea, Tikehau; 30m). - Poupin, 1996a: 20 (Checklist) = S. lipkei Macpherson & Baba, 2010. - Mission CRIOBE 2014 (Moorea).

Comment(s) on data
See Macpherson & Baba (2010: 421) - Not Sadayoshia aff. edwardsii Poupin, 1996b: 24, 25 (fig. g) (Tuamotu Archipelago, 140 m) (= S. latisternata n. sp.).
Remarque sur le spécimen de BIOLAVE (juv. Lc 2.5 mm) : en toute rigueur, la clé de Macpherson & Baba (2012: 31) amène à S. miyakei Baba qui n'a pas d'épine mésiale à l'épine antérolatérale de la carapace. En toute rigueur S. miyakei Baba n'est connu avec certitude que du Pacifique occidental Japon, Salomon, Nouvelle-Calédonie) et il semble préférable de conserver le spécimen de la Réunion sous S. edwardsii forme juvénile. Les deux espèces ont parfois été mises en synonymie. Un autre spécimen (n30) plus gros est bien conforme à Sadayoshia edwardsii.

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