Decapoda - Brachyura - Portunidae - Thalamita

Thalamita coeruleipes Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846

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World Distribution
Indian Ocean: Mauritius; China Sea; Philippines; Central Pacific: French Polynesia (Gambier, Society, Tuamotu) - Intertidal.
Sakai (2004 - CD) - Indo-ouest Pacifique. Madagascar, Maurice, mer de Chine, Indonésie, Australie, Carolines, Kiribati, Fidji, Japon, Hawaii et Polynésie française. Comprend, Réunion, premier signalement.
(Koch & Bližnáková, 2023, Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos) - Madagascar, from 4-7 m depth

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

Vertical range : Intertidal - Min-Max observed: 0-7 m

Réunion data
Thalamita coeruleipes - Mission Poupin, avril 2008 (MNHN, St. 4, 1 mâle 24,0x33,4 mm, st. 5, 1 mâle 26,4x38,3 mm ; photographies J. Poupin, L. Bêche, S. Ribes, programme BIOTAS).

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
Thalamita coeruleipes Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846, pl. 5, fig. 6-10 (Mangareva). - Jacquinot & Lucas, 1853: 53 (Mangareva). - A. Milne Edwards, 1861: 363 (Mangareva). - Nobili, 1907: 383 (Kamaka) - Rathbun, 1907: 63 (Fakarava, Society). - Boone, 1934: 78, pl. 35 (Bora Bora). - Forest & Guinot, 1961: 32 (Tahiti); 1962: 60 (Biogeography "Tahiti-Tuamotu"). - Stephenson & Rees, 1967: 64 (Huahine). - Poupin, 1994a: 32, fig. 28, pl. 3g (Kamaka, Mangareva, Tahiti, Tuamotu; coll. Frv Marara); 1996a: 33 (Checklist). - Crosnier, 2002: 419 (Raevavae). - Clark & Crosnier, 2000 (Date of publication). - Holthuis, 2002, 421 (Authors & date of publication of crustacea collected by French corvettes "Astrolabe et Zélée"). - Thalamita (Thalaminella) coerulipes - Guinot, 1985: 449 (List; subgenus from Moosa, 1979: 51). - Field observation - October 1995, Coll. Robin & Cremona, det J. Poupin (Moruroa). - Unpublished sp., coll. & det. G. Paulay, Moorea, January 10, 2001 (FLMNH-UF 1416); Moorea fieldwork December 2006, coll. Poupin (Papetoai lagoon, 0.1 m, fringing reef, coral rubbles), det. Poupin, specimens (MNHN) and color photograph. - Moorea Biocode project. - Salvat & Bacchet, 2011: 249, photo, field guide 'Au Vent des Iles Ed. Tahiti - French Polynesia, most often Society (Moorea, Tahiti). - Mission CRIOBE 2014 dry collection, exuvia

Other data
Polynesie, STATION — Crosnier A, Zoosystema 24, 2: 401-449

Comment(s) on data
New genus Thranita from Evans (2018, PeerJ).
Thranita not accepted in WoRMS (2023), junior subjective synonym of Thalamita (cf. Poore & Ahyong, 2023 - Marine decapod Crustacea: a guide to the families and genera of the world.)

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