Decapoda - Brachyura - Portunidae - Thranita

Thranita danae Stimpson, 1858

1 Illustration(s)

World Distribution
McLay (2009: 46, Zootaxa) - Red Sea, Japan, Indo-Malayan region to Australia, New Caledonia, Marshall Is, Fiji, Samoa, French Polynesia, and now further south to Raoul I., Kermadec Is. Depth range 5–100 m.I Also Wallis & Futuna.

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Soft bottom (mud or sand)

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 1-100 m

New Caledonia data
Thalamita stimpsoni - Nouvelle Caledonie — Edwards AM, Nouv Arch MNHN 8: 229-267 (synonyme de T. danae). - Thalamita danae - Nouvelle Caledonie — Ng P.K.L & Richer de Forges B., Compendium of marine species from New Caledonia, Vol II7: 315-332 - Thalamita danae - Spiridonov, 2017: 1223, New Caledonia, 1 female (ZMB 5060, identified as Thalamita picta)

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
WALLIS & FUTUNA - Thalamita danae - Poupin & Juncker, in preparation (Futuna, Wallis). - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Thalamita danae - Poupin, 1996a: 5, 34, 76 (Checklist, with first record in French Polynesia, coll. Plessi, det. A. Crosnier, MNHN).

Comment(s) on data
New genus Thranita from Evans (2018, PeerJ).

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

This species in Worms Database