Decapoda - Brachyura - Tetraliidae - Tetraloides

Tetraloides nigrifrons (Dana, 1852)



World Distribution
(Castro, 1997: 116) - across the Indo-West Pacific from the western Indian Ocean to French Polynesia. Includes Wallis & Futuna.
Castro et al. (2004 : 31) - Indo-ouest Pacifique, sauf Hawaii. Comprend, Afrique orientale, Glorieuses, Seychelles, Réunion, Nouvelle Calédonie, Wallis & Futuna, Polynésie française.
Galil & Clark (1988, East Africa) - Somalia, Kenya, Christmas Is.

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

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 0-8 m

Mayotte data
Tetraloides nigrifrons (Dana, 1852) — Tetralia heterodactyla fusca - Serène, 1984: 283, Glorieuses, intertidal, coll. A. Crosnier September 1958, 3 MM largest 7.5 x 7.8 mm, 3 FF largest 7.6 x 8.6 mm, MNHN-B 8204. - Tetralia heterodactyla lissodactyla - Serène, 1984: 283, Glorieuses, intertidal, coll. A. Crosnier September 1958, 1 M 8.0 x 8.0 mm, MNHN-B8184. - Tetraloides nigrifons - Castro, 1997a: 72, Glorieuses, MNHN B8204, MNHN 8184, re-det. of Serène (1984) records.
Geographic and depth ranges — IWP, Somalia, Mozambique, South Africa to Johnston Atoll, French Polynesia; intertidal, subtidal to 20 m.

Réunion data
Tetralia glaberrima nigrifrons - Ribes, 1978 : 26 (Réunion). - Serène, 1984 : 283 (Réunion dans le matériel examiné, coll. Ribes, MNHN B8182). - Tetralia heterodactyla lissodactyla - Ribes, 1978 : 127 (Réunion). - Serène, 1984 : 285 (Réunion dans le matériel examiné, coll. Ribes, Saline, 1977, MNHN B8185). - Tetraloides nigrifrons - Castro, 1997a : 72 (Réunion dans le matériel examiné, coll. Ribes, 1977, MNHN B13943, 13944, 8185, 24924). - Castro, 1999a: 104, Réunion, coll. Castro, Ribes, 1996, 1 M, 1 F MHNR B38. - Castro et al., 2004 : 31 (Distribution, Synonymie). - Mission Poupin, avril 2008 (D'après photographies du programme BIOTAS).

New Caledonia data
Corail 2 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW92 — Castro P, Etudes & Theses 3.

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
WALLIS & FUTUNA - Tetraloides nigrifrons - Poupin & Juncker, in preparation (Futuna). - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Tetralia nigrifrons Dana, 1852a: 83; 1852b: 262; 1865, pl. 16, fig. 2a (color) b-d ("Honden" = Pukapuka). - Tetraloides nigrifrons - Galil, 1985: 72, fig. 1-3 (Makemo, Tikehau, "Taoru" = Raiatea; part). - Poupin, 1996a: 58 (Checklist; part, coll. Frv Marara). - Castro, 1997b: 115 (Anuanuraro, Makemo, Raiatea, Takapoto, Tikehau). - Castro et al., 2004: 32, pl. 2b (neotype from Fangataufa atoll, Tuamotu).

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