Decapoda - Brachyura - Xanthidae - Atergatopsis

Atergatopsis lucasii Montrouzier, 1865

2 Illustration(s)

World Distribution
New Caledonia, French Polynesia.

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

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 1-6 m

New Caledonia data
Atergatopsis lucasii Montrouzier, 1865 - Type from New Caledonia, in MNHN-IU-2000-3901

Nouvelle Caledonie, STATION — Edwards AM, Nouv Arch MNHN 8: 229-267

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
Atergatopsis lucasi - Unpublished record. Coll. & det. G. Paulay, Moorea, Temae, October 21, 2001 (FLMNH-UF 1267; first record for FP). - Moorea Biocode project. - ?same as Atergatopsis sp. in - Salvat & Bacchet, 2011: 254, photo, field guide 'Au Vent des Iles Ed. Tahiti - French Polynesia, most often Society (Moorea, Tahiti).

Comment(s) on data
Atergatopsis signata sometimes confused with A. lucasii in fieldnotes. Based on text and drawings of A. Milne-Edwards (1865, Cancériens Nouvelle Calédonie) it seems that color pattern differs: a) Couleur d'un brun rouge avec des dessins symetriques d'un jaune plus clair, pattes uniformement jaune rouge, doigts des pinces noirs - for A. signata (and for A. favomaculatus, a junior synonym:Couleur rouge avec des taches jaunes.); b) Couleur d'un brun chocolat avec une tache jaune en forme de croix sur le lobe urogastrique - for A. lucasii. The aspect of dorsal margin of the chela seems also to be useful: a) smooth in A. signata; versus b) tuberculated in A. lucasii (see photo of type in MNHN)

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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