Decapoda - Dendrobranchiata - Sergestidae - Robustosergia
| Robustosergia regalis (Gordon, 1939) |
World Distribution
Vereshchaka (2000) - Indo-West Pacific . Bathypelagic - Mesopelagic (200-400 m at night and 1000-1700 m during the day). Pelagic, thus probably whole French Polynesia (Society, Tuamotu, Gambier, Marquesas, Austral). ?Hawaii
Vereshchaka (2000, Galathea Report), according to Fig. 54, p. 153, Circumtropical, potentially Lesser Antilles (ICA, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St Martin, St Barthélemy), French Guiana, Réunion, Mayotte, Europa, Glorieuses, New Caledonia, Wallis & Futuna, French Polynesia.
Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Pelagic or bathypelagic
Vertical range : Pelagic or bathypelagic - Min-Max observed: 100-2000 m
Mayotte data
Sergia regalis - Vereshchaka (2000, Galathea Report), according to Fig. 54, p. 153, Circumtropical, potentially Lesser Antilles (ICA, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St Martin, St Barthélemy), French Guiana, Réunion, Mayotte, Europa, Glorieuses, New Caledonia, Wallis & Futuna, French Polynesia.
Europa data
Sergia regalis - Vereshchaka (2000, Galathea Report), according to Fig. 54, p. 153, Circumtropical, potentially Lesser Antilles (ICA, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St Martin, St Barthélemy), French Guiana, Réunion, New Caledonia, Wallis & Futuna, French Polynesia.
Réunion data
Sergia regalis - Vereshchaka (2000, Galathea Report), according to Fig. 54, p. 153, Circumtropical, potentially Lesser Antilles (ICA, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St Martin, St Barthélemy), French Guiana, Réunion, Mayotte, Europa, Glorieuses, New Caledonia, Wallis & Futuna, French Polynesia.
New Caledonia data
Sergia regalis - Vereshchaka (2000, Galathea Report), according to Fig. 54, p. 153, Circumtropical, potentially Lesser Antilles (ICA, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St Martin, St Barthélemy), French Guiana, Réunion, New Caledonia, Wallis & Futuna, French Polynesia.
Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
EASTER ISLAND - Sergestes regalis - Vereshchaka, 2000: 149 (Geographic distribution; Syn.; presence very probable in the Easter Island area although no specimens actually captured, see fig. 54, p. 153). - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Sergia regalis - Vereshchaka, 2000: 149, fig. 52a-d, 53a-c, 54, pl. 2a (A circumtropical species occuring in the tropical zones of all oceans, probably including French Polynesia but not Easter Island, cf. fig. 54; 100-2000m). - Unpublished specimens - MNHN, Coll. MUSORSTOM 9 cruise, Marquesas 1997, det. A. Vereshchaka January 2001 (Eiao, Nuku Hiva, Ua Pou; 705-1107m).
WALLIS & FUTUNA - Sergia regalis - Vereshchaka (2000, Galathea Report), according to Fig. 54, p. 153, Circumtropical, potentially Lesser Antilles (ICA, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St Martin, St Barthélemy), French Guiana, Réunion, New Caledonia, Wallis & Futuna, French Polynesia.
Lesser Antilles data
Sergia regalis - Vereshchaka (2000, Galathea Report), according to Fig. 54, p. 153, Circumtropical, potentially Lesser Antilles (ICA, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St Martin, St Barthélemy), French Guiana, Réunion, New Caledonia, Wallis & Futuna, French Polynesia.
Comment(s) on data
New genus Robustosergia Vereshchaka, Olesen & Lunina, 2014 (Plos One, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0112057)
References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)This species in Worms Database