Decapoda - Caridea - Hippolytidae - Saron

Saron neglectus De Man, 1902



World Distribution
Chace (1997 : 90) - IWP, Red Sea, Eastern Africa to Johnston atoll. Includes Réunion, French Polynesia, Society, Tuamotu. ?Comoros (Mayotte).

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

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 1-20 m

Mayotte data
Saron neglectus ? - Mission KUW novembre 2009, st. 21b, Ilot Choizil, Est, Malandzamiayatsini, 15-20 m, 1 spécimen Lc 6,2 mm, Lt 28,5 mm ; st. 26, Platier de Mutsumbatsou, intertidal à basse mer, 1 spécimen Lc 6,2 mm, plus 4 autres spécimens ; déterminations provisoires sur le patron de couleur, à confirmer.

Réunion data
Saron neglectus - Ribes, 1978 (Réunion). - (?) Saron neglectus - Bourjon et al., 2018 (Cah. Biol. Mar.): 454, tab. 1, Réunion [Indicated as det. by Poupin in Bourjon et al. (2018) but this det. not retreived by J. Poupin (Dec. 2019) in personal notes. In any case, presence of this species in Réunion already reported by Ribes (1978)].

New Caledonia data
Nouvelle Caledonie, STATION — Monod T, Cahiers du Pacifique.
Nouvelle Caledonie, STATION — Ledoyer, Zoologische Verhandelingen 211.

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
Saron neglectus - Naim, 1980, annex 1, tab. 3 (Moorea). - Kropp & Birkeland, 1981: 630, tab. 5 (Moorea; in coral Pocillopora, non obligate associate). - Odinetz, 1983: 207 (Moorea, Tahiti, Takapoto; in coral Pocillopora, non obligate associate) - Odinetz-Collart & Richer de Forges, 1985: 201 (Moorea, Tahiti, Takapoto). - Poupin, 1998: 25 (Checklist).

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

This species in Worms Database