Decapoda - Brachyura - Portunidae - Thalamita
Thalamita admete (Herbst, 1803) |
World Distribution
Crosnier (1962 : 97), Apel & Spiridonov (1998 : 230), MASDEA/AfReMas (Internet) - Complex T. admete, Eastern Africa, Tanzania, Mozambique, Juan de Nova, Europa, Madagascar, Mayotte, Seychelles, Réunion, Mauritius, South of Oman, Pakistan, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Japan, Australia, Hawaii, French Polynesia. Comprend, Wallis & Futuna.
Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Hard bottom (rock and rubbles)
Vertical range : Shallow to deep-waters (e.g. 10-190 m) - Min-Max observed: 0-120 m
Mayotte data
Thalamita admete (Herbst, 1803)
Material examined — Mayotte KUW 2009, st. 5, seagrass bed of great northeaster reef, 1 m, 1 F 8.0 x 13.1 mm (photo '8x13,7'), MNHN B32519, MNHN-IU-2009-1279; st. 6, Déversoir Badamiers, Petite Terre, intertidal, 1 F 9.1 x 15 mm, MNHN B32520, MNHN-IU-2009-1280.
Other records — Thalamita admete - Fourmanoir, 1954: 10, Juan de Nova. - Crosnier, 1962: 96, fig. 154, 157, 162-4, 168, Juan de Nova, Europa, Madagascar, Mayotte. - Guinot, 1967: 255, list with Mayotte. - Poupin, 2016: Expedition Juan de Nova December 2013, st. 12, 1 male 6.8x9.8 mm (photo pleopod) (nr), 1 ov. female, st. 10 (MNHN).
Remarks — Specimens examined key out to Thalamita edwardsi Borradaile, 1900 by using Crosnier (1962) key, a species currently accepted as T. admete in WoRMS (2018). The carapace of the larger specimen is glabrous while the smaller specimen has a faint pubescens on its carapace.
Geographic and depth ranges — Tanzania, South Africa to Hawaii, French Polynesia, Pitcairn; subtidal to 120 m.
Europa data
Thalamita admete - Crosnier, 1962 : 96, fig. 154, 157, 162-4, 168 (Juan de Nova, Europa, Madagascar, Mayotte). - Guinot, 1967 : 255 (Liste, avec Europa).
Réunion data
Thalamita admete - Ribes, 1978 (Réunion). - Apel & Spiridonov, 1998 : 229 (Réunion dans le matériel examiné, coll. H.G. Müller, 30/1/1989, la Saline les Bains, 13 mâles, 11 femelles). - Mission Poupin, avril 2008 (MNHN, St. 7, coll. Ribes, det. Poupin, 1 mâle 16,1x26,0 mm, plus 2 mâles 8,3x13,3-15,7x24 mm, 1 femelle ovigère 9,7x15,5 mm ; st. 14, 1 mâle 13,9x22,6 mm). - Thalamita edwardsi - Ribes, 1978 (Réunion ; T. edwardsi Borradaile, 1900 a plusieurs fois été proposé comme un synonyme de T. admete et les observations des spécimens récoltés à la Réunion sont plutôt en faveur de cette décision). - Coll. BIOLAVE, 26/11/2011, shallow-waters, divers 10-30 m, det. J. Poupin 26/01/2013, 1 M 5.8x9.3 mm.
New Caledonia data
Nouvelle Caledonie, STATION — Edwards AM, Nouv Arch MNHN 8: 229-267
Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
WALLIS & FUTUNA - Thalamita admete - Poupin & Juncker, in preparation. - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Thalamita admete - Heller, 1865: 28 (Tahiti). - Ortmann, 1893a: 83 (Tahiti). - Nobili, 1907: 383 (Kaukura, Mangareva). - Rathbun, 1907: 63 (Fakarava, Makemo). - Forest & Guinot, 1961: 30, fig. 19a-b (Hikueru, Tahiti); 1962: 58 (Biogeography "Tahiti-Tuamotu, Marquesas" with a ?). - Stephenson & Rees, 1967: 56, fig. 20 (Bora Bora, Huahine, Moorea, Raiatea, Tahiti, "Tikahau" = Tikehau). - Stephenson, 1976: 19 (Pitcairn, NW, 100-120). - Naim, 1980a, annex 1, tab. 3 (Moorea). - Monteforte, 1984: 173, annex 1, tab. a (Mataiva, Moorea, Tahiti, Takapoto); 1987: 8 (Moorea). - Delesalle, 1985: 288 (Mataiva). - Poupin, 1996a: 33 (Checklist). - Thalamita (Thalamita) admete - Guinot, 1985: 449 (List). - Moorea Biocode project (with a '?').
FRENCH POLYNESIA - As Thalamita admete var. Edwardsii Borr. - Nobili, 1907: 383 ("Rikitea" = Mangareva, "Timoe" = Temoe). - Thalamita edwardsi - Forest & Guinot, 1961: 32, fig. 20a-b (Tahiti); 1962: 58 (Biogeography "Tahiti-Tuamotu"). - Poupin, 1996a: 34 (Checklist). - Thalamita edwardsi - Guinot, 1985: 449, with " = T. admete ?" (List; cf. Remark). - Unpublishes specimens - Moorea fieldwork December 2006, coll. and det. Poupin, specimens (MNHN) and color photograph, Haapiti mangrove. Thalamita edwardsi Borradaile, 1900 is a synonym of T. admete in WoRMS. - Mission CRIOBE 2014 (Moorea) (labelled as T. edwardsi in CRIOBE collection - collection, Moorea, det. Monteforte).
References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)This species in Worms Database