Decapoda - Brachyura - Portunidae - Thalamita

Thalamita spinifera Borradaile, 1902



World Distribution
Crosnier (1962 : 127), ABRS (BD Internet) - Indo-ouest Pacifique. Madagascar, Comores, Laccadives, Maldives, Hawaii. Comprend aussi, Réunion, Polynésie française.

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

Vertical range : Shallow to deep-waters (e.g. 10-190 m) - Min-Max observed: 22-400 m

Mayotte data
Thalamita spinifera Borradaile, 1902
Material examined — Mayotte KUW 2009, st. 1, Trévani beach, intertidal, 1 M 14 x 20 mm photo, MNHN B32488, MNHN-IU-2009-1250.
Other records — Crosnier, 1975: 724, Mayotte. - Koch & Bližnáková, 2023, Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos: 259, near Glorieuses - North Madagascar. MIRIKY Stn DW3230, Nosy Bé, 13°24’S, 47°56’E, 71-158 m, 3 Jul. 2009, 1 male (MNHN-IU-2016-7227) — Stn CP3205, Cap Saint-Sébastien, 12°37’S, 48°25’E, 60-63 m, 29 Jun. 2009, 1 female (MNHN-IU-2016-7208). — Stn CP3204, 12°37’S, 48°30’E, 59-60 m, 29 Jun. 2009, 1 male, 1 female ov. (MNHN-IU-2016-7212).
Geographic and depth ranges — Mayotte, Madagascar to Hawaii, French Polynesia; intertidal (this work), 20-433 m.

Thalamita spinifera - Poupin, 2022 - Determination of mesophotic Crustacea (70-90 m) around Mayotte collected during MESOMAY3 (11/12-2021), sample 115, 78 m.

Réunion data
Thalamita spinifera - Ribes, 1978 (Réunion). - Crosnier, 1985 : 35 (Réunion, coll. Marion Dufresne, MD32, 1982, 53-77 m, MNHN).
Thalamita spinifera - Poupin, 2021, Rapport Scientifique Ecole Navale : 38, Réunion program MESORUN, det. J. Poupin, 1 femelle 8,6 x 11,7 mm, échantillon 197c, 20 janvier 2021, Saint Leu, 21.18784 S / 55.27535 E, 85 m, substrat dur colonisé éponges, gorgones, corail noir, photo au labo. — 1 mâle juvénile 7,0 x 8,5 mm [similitudes avec Gonioinfradens paucidentatus en examen rapide mais le front et les dents antérolatérales sont similaires au sp. précédent, ainsi que les pseudo-anneaux colorés sur les doigts de la pince] échantillon Opt 9, Sainte Rose, 26 décembre 2020, 80 m.

New Caledonia data
Smib 6 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW106 — Moosa MK, Musorstom 15, 168: 503-530
Chalcal 2 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW80 — Moosa MK, Musorstom 15, 168: 503-530
Chalcal 2 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW84 — Moosa MK, Musorstom 15, 168: 503-530
Chalcal 2 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW80 — Moosa MK, Musorstom 15, 168: 503-530

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
Thalamita spinifera - Stephenson, 1976: 24 ("Marquesas Expedition, 40-80m, 18/ix/1967 to 1/x/1967" = Marquesas, cf. Redher, 1967). - Poupin, 1996a: 7, 36 (Checklist and new records from Eiao, Fatu Hiva, Nuku Hiva, Raevavae; Tubuai, 42-200m, not sp. from Makemo; coll. Frv Marara); 1996b: 36, pl. 17h (in part, specimen from Makemo, 120 m belongs in fact to Charybdis rathbuni Leene, 1938, see Crosnier 2002: 415). - Thalamita aff. spinifera - Evans, 2018, PeerJ, xls supplementary file, UF33379, Biocode, Moorea, Cook's Bay, off Gump Station, coll. Michonneau, François; Paulay, Gustav, 2012-01-23.

Wallis & Futuna data
Musorstom 7 Wallis & Futuna, CP505 #Moosa MK
Musorstom 7 Wallis & Futuna, CP498 #Moosa MK
Musorstom 7 Wallis & Futuna, CP515 #Moosa MK
Musorstom 7 Wallis & Futuna, CP498 #Moosa MK, Musorstom 15, 168: 503-530
Musorstom 7 Wallis & Futuna, CP515 #Moosa MK, Musorstom 15, 168: 503-530
Musorstom 7 Wallis & Futuna, CP505 #Moosa MK, Musorstom 15, 168: 503-530

Other data
Karubar Indonesie, DW22 — Moosa MK, Musorstom 15, 168: 503-530
Musorstom 1 Philippines, CP57 — Moosa MK, Musorstom 1, 1: 142-150

Comment(s) on data
New genus Zygita from Evans (2018, PeerJ) indicated in error in 2018-20. The species is in Thalamita in WoRMS (2021) with only 2 species in Zygita (Z. longifrons, Z. murinae)

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

This species in Worms Database