Decapoda - Brachyura - Portunidae - Thalamonyx

Thalamonyx gracilipes A. Milne-Edwards, 1873

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World Distribution
MASDEA/AfReMas (Internet), Crosnier (1962 : 93), Poupin (BD Internet) - Indo-ouest Pacifique. Madagacar, Mayotte, Andamans, Nouvelle-Calédonie, Polynésie française, Hawaii (12-78 m in Castro, 2011)

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

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 1-78 m

Mayotte data
Thalamita gracilipes (A. Milne-Edwards, 1873) — Thalamonyx gracilipes - Crosnier, 1962 : 91, fig. 153, Mayotte. - Guinot, 1967: 257, list with Mayotte — IWP, Mayotte, Madagascar to Hawaii, French Polynesia; subtidal to 78 m. - Remarks - While this study was in press, the contribution by Evans (2018) was consulted. The phylogenetic analysis of this author shows that the genus Thalamonyx must be reestablished as a valid genus.

New Caledonia data
Nouvelle Caledonie, STATION — Ng P.K.L & Richer de Forges B., Compendium of marine species from New Caledonia, Vol II7: 315-332
Thalamonyx gracilipes - Evans, 2018, PeerJ, xls supplementary file, New Caledonia, USNM274300.

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
Thalamita gracilipes - Stephenson, 1976: 21 (Tahiti). - Poupin, 1996a: 35 (Checklist) - Relevant material - Thalamonyx aff. gracilipes - Salvat & Renaud-Mornant, 1969: 165 (Moruroa). - Thalamita (Thalamonyx) aff. gracilipes - Guinot, 1985: 449 (List).

Comment(s) on data
Genus Thalamonyx reinstated in Evans (2018, PeerJ).

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

This species in Worms Database