Decapoda - Brachyura - Dromiidae - Sphaerodromia

Sphaerodromia ducoussoi McLay, 1991

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World Distribution
French Polynesia, probably also Vanuatu (cf. this base) and/or Taiwan (cf. Photo T.-Y. Chan)

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Associated with sponges

Vertical range : Deep (more than 100 m) - Min-Max observed: 397-450 m

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
Sphaerodromia ducoussoi McLay, 1991: 459, fig. 1a-d, 2a-h, 3a-d, pl. 1a (Moruroa, Tuanake; 400-450m; coll. Frv Marara, fr); 1993: 127 (Key). - Poupin, 1996a: 97 (Checklist); 1996b: 26, pl. 12c (McLay's material). - Guinot & Tavares, 2003: 103, fig. 21-22 (Holotype MNHN-B 22172; new subfamilial arrangement for the Dromiidae).
Guinot et al., 2013: 282, Zootaxa - Sphaerodromia ducoussoi McLay, 1991, male 43.2 × 43.0 mm, holotype, Tuamotu, Mururoa (MNHN-B22172); female 41.4 × 40.9 mm, paratype, Tuamotu (MNHN-B22173)

Other data
Polynesie, CAS253 — Cleva R, Guinot D, Albenga L., Zoosystema 29, 2: 229-279
Musorstom 8 Vanuatu, CP1083 — McLay CL, JJJJJ.

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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