Decapoda - Caridea - Oplophoridae - Systellaspis

Systellaspis pellucida (Filhol, 1885)

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World Distribution
Indo-ouest Pacifique VOIR - Comprend, Mayotte, Nouvelle-Calédonie, Polynésie française.
Felder et al. (2009) - 274-3492 m. GMx, Bah–Brazil, W Afr, Indo-Pac

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Pelagic or bathypelagic

Vertical range : Pelagic or bathypelagic - Min-Max observed: 101-3700 m

Mayotte data
Systellaspis pellucida - Crosnier, 1987 : 720 (coll. BENTHEDI, 4 avril 1977, st. CH 90, 11°44'S, 47°30'E, 3700 m, 1 femelle 13,2 mm, MNHN Na9877). Mayotte region.

New Caledonia data
Biocal Nouvelle Caledonie, DW33.
Biogeocal Nouvelle Caledonie, CP297.

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
Systellaspis pellucida - Poupin, 1996b: 6, pl. 2b (Hao; 1020m; coll. Frv Marara, fr); 1998: 10 (Checklist).
Systellaspis pellucida - TARASOC 2009, st. CP3439, -800 m, between Raiatea & Tahaa - Paris MNHN-IU-2011-3991
Systellaspis pellucida - TARASOC 2009, st. CP3449, 780-780 m, Tahaa - Paris MNHN-IU-2011-4346
Systellaspis pellucida - TARASOC 2009, st. DW3456, 960-1007 m, Raiatea - Paris MNHN-IU-2011-3762
Systellaspis pellucida - TARASOC 2009, st. DW3469, 1000-1060 m, Moorea - Paris MNHN-IU-2011-3679

Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: Gulf of Mexico, Bahamas to Brazil, western Africa, Indo-Pacific. Lesser Antilles, ICA (Guadeloupe, Grenada, Trinidad), IOV (Testigos). 101-3700 m (Legall & Poupin, 2015). Pantropical.
Acanthephyra affinis Faxon, 1896: 162, Grenada [R/V Blake, st. 258, 159 fathoms] - Accepted as Systellaspis pellucida in WoRMS (2017).
Systellaspis affinis (Faxon) - Bullis & Thompson, 1965: 7, off Grenada, Trinidad [R/V Oregon - off Trinidad, st. 1982; off Grenada, Testigos, st. 2773].
Systellaspis pellucida - Guadeloupe (first record), Karubenthos II 2015, field det. J. Poupin, st. CP4524, 10 June 2015, 16°30.17'N, 61°42.4'W, 550-500 m, MNHN-IU-2013-18800.
Comment: a first record for Guadeloupe for a pelagic species with pantropical distribution and already collected in Lesser Antilles (Grenada).

Other data
Musorstom 1 Philippines, CP42 — Cleva R, Musorstom 5, 144: 69-73

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