Decapoda - Caridea - Alpheidae - Synalpheus

Synalpheus charon (Heller, 1861)

6 Illustration(s)

World Distribution
Anker (2001, fasc. 2: 280) - Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, E and S Africa, Madagascar, Mascarenes, Seychelles, Maldives, Chagos Islands, Nicobar Islands, S Philippines, Australia, Islands of C Pacific (Wake, Hawaii), Clipperton Island, Gulf of California to Panama. Also French Polynesia.
Anker (2001, fasc. 2: 280) - Indo-Pacifique. Mer Rouge et golfe d'Aden, Afrique orientale, Somalie, Kenya, Mozambique, Afrique du Sud, Madagascar, Seychelles, Réunion, Maurice, Maldives, Chagos, Nicobar, Australie, Philippines, Wake, Hawaii, Polynésie française à Clipperton, golfe de Californie, Panama. Comprend Mayotte (premier signalement).

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

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

Mayotte data
Synalpheus charon - Mission KUW novembre 2009, st. 12a, Récif La Prévoyante, 6-11 m, 1 sp. Lc 5,0 mm, Lt env. 14,8 mm, MNHN Na17782. - S. charon 'complexe' - st. 14, Banc de La Prudente, 15-17 m, 3 sp. Lc 4,0 à 5,0 mm, MNHN Na17783. Dét. A. Anker.

Réunion data
Synalpheus charon - Ribes, 1978 (Réunion). - Banner & Banner, 1983 : 90, 158 (Réunion dans le matériel examiné, basse-mer).

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
CLIPPERTON - Synalpheus charon - Chace, 1962: 613 (Clipperton). - Poupin et al., 2007 (Clipperton new coll.). - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Synalpheus charon - A.H. & D.M. Banner, 1967: 262 ("BD2, various coral heads" = Tahiti, "BD20, from massive dead heads of Porites" = Bora Bora). - Miya, 1972: 51, pl. 8 (Syn.). - Bruce, 1976a: 48 (Coral host, genus Stylophora). - Kropp & Birkeland, 1981: 629, tab. 5 (Moorea, Takapoto; in coral Pocillopora). - Odinetz, 1983: 205 (Moorea, Tahiti, Takapoto; in coral Pocillopora). - Chace, 1988: 77 (Syn.). - Poupin, 1998: 24 (Checklist). - Anker, 2001, fasc. 2: 279 (References, distribution). - Moorea Biocode project. - Synalpheus charon (Det. A. Anker from photos) - AAMP, Marquesas, 2012, Leg 3, St. MQ17-R, bank off Motane, 35-40 m, coll. Starmer et al., sample LC191, LC192.

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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