Decapoda - Brachyura - Portunidae - Thalamita
| Thalamita brevisi (Stebbing, 1921) |
World Distribution
Crosnier (2002: 419, T. dakini): Indian ocean (Arabian sea, Sri-Lanka, Australia NW, Abrolhos Islands); West and central Pacific (Marianas Islands, Kiribati, Gilbert Islands, Samoa, Hawaii, French Polynesia). Retamal (1997) - ?Easter Island (Sala y Gomez).
Boyko & Liguori (2014, Pac. Sc.) - T. brevisi synonym of T. dakini - Abrolhos Island, Western Australia (type locality of T. dakini ); Sri Lanka; Oman; South Africa (type locality of T. bevisi); Society Islands; Gilbert Islands; Marianas; Samoa; French Polynesia; Hawai‘i (type locality of T. medipacifica) ( Ng and Clark 2010); Easter Island.
Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Soft bottom (mud or sand)
Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 1-10 m
Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
EASTER ISLAND - Thalamita sp. - Retamal, 1999: 7 (Salas y Gómez; coll. M. Retamal, 1995 Chilean Navy, POI Expedition). - ? Thalamita medipacifica - Retamal, personal communication, email 26/02/2002: "In 1995 I collected one specimen in Salas y Gómez, identified as Thalamita sp. [cf. Retamal, 1999] but in 2000, another 5 were identified and I assume are T. medipacifica Edmonson"). - Thalamita dakini - Crosnier, 2002: 419, 444 (distribution and synonymy, T. medipacifica = T. dakini). - Thalamita brevisi - Boyko & Liguori, 2014: 571, Pac. Sc., Easter Island: usnm 1226915, Anakena, 1 male (15.2 by 10.8 mm), coll. C. B. Boyko and S. Reanier, 30 August 1999. usnm 1226916, 1 male (12.1 by 8.0 mm), east coast of Poike, 6.1 – 7.6 m
(20 – 25 ft), coll. H. Tonnemacher, 23 August 1999. lacm MBPC13475, 1 female (13.0 by 7.4 mm), 1 juv. (5.7 by 3.9 mm), 1 female (15.4 by 10.5 mm), coll. L. DiSalvo, 1984. - Olguín & Guzmán, 2016: 193, Easter Island.
FRENCH POLYNESIA - Thalamita dakini - Stephenson & Rees, 1967: 69 (Bora Bora, Moorea). - Monteforte, 1984: 173, annex 1, tab a (Makatea, Mataiva, Takapoto). - Delesalle, 1985: 289 (Mataiva). - Poupin, 1996a: 34 (Checklist). - Crosnier, 2002: 419 (Moruroa; coll. Frv Marara, 1995 E. Tavosso). - Thalamita (Thalamitopsis) dakini - Guinot, 1985: 449 (List; subgenus from Moosa, 1979: 47).
References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)This species in Worms Database