Decapoda - Brachyura - Portunidae - Thalamitoides

Thalamitoides quadridens A. Milne-Edwards, 1869


World Distribution
MASDEA (Internet), Sakai (2004 - CD) - Indo-ouest Pacifique. Mer Rouge, Afrique orientale, Madagascar, Tanzanie, Indonésie, Australie, Japon, Guam, Fidji, Samoa, Polynésie française. Comprend Mayotte, Glorieuses, Europa. Castro (2011), Hawaii. 65 m probably from BD Oceane, New Caledonia (many stations with dredges).

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Associated with corals (facultative)

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 1-65 m

Mayotte data
Thalamitoides quadridens A. Milne-Edwards, 1869
Material examined — Mayotte KUW 2009, st. 4, La Prévoyante reef, 6-10 m, 1 M 4.9 x 8.2 mm, 3 spp. in bad condition (brushing of hard substrate), MNHN B32511, MNHN-IU-2009-1271; st. 12, La Prévoyante reef, 6-12 m, 3 juv. in bad condition, det. with hesitation, 1 carapace 18.5 x 30,5 mm (photo); st. 14, La Prudente bank, 15-17 m, 1 M 4.6 x 8.4 mm, MNHN B32510, MNHN-IU-2009-1270, 2 juv. bad condition not collected; st. 19, North Islet Handrema, 6-10 m, 1 M 16.2 x 30 mm, 1 juv. 5.8 x 10.6 mm (photo) MNHN B32486, MNHN-IU-2009-1248; st. 21b, Islet Choizil, East, Malandzamiayatsini, 15-20 m, 1 sp. 18.7 x 33 mm (photo), not collected; st. 22, Islet Choizil, West, Malandzamiayajou, 30-35 m, several specimens, not collected; st. 27, Islet Mbouzi, patate Sud-Est, 4-20 m, 2 spp. not collected; st. 35, Surprise reef, Longoni pass, 4-25 m, field notes, not collected; st. 23, 25, 30, 32, 35.
Other records — Poupin et al., 2013c: 11, Glorieuses, Expedition Glorieuses December 2012 (new record) - from BIOTAS 2009 photos, sp. MEPA1911.
Remarks — A species common in Mayotte, observed without collection in a lot of stations additional stations (st. 23, 25, 30, 32, 35), usually associated with corals.
Geographic and depth ranges — Red Sea, Mayotte (this work), Mozambique channel (Europa) to Hawaii, French Polynesia; subtidal to 65 m.

Europa data
Thalamitoides quadridens - Europa, BIOTAS collections, specimens MEPA-00282, st EURO-17, det. J. Poupin d'après photo. Premier signalement.

New Caledonia data
Lagon 12 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW1006 — Moosa MK.
Corail 2 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW163 — Moosa MK.
Corail 2 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW166 — Moosa MK.
Corail 2 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW46 — Moosa MK.
Corail 2 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW57 — Moosa MK.
Corail 2 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW88 — Moosa MK.
Corail 2 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW92 — Moosa MK.
Corail 2 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW94 — Moosa MK.
Corail 2 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW99 — Moosa MK.
Lagon 10 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW625 — Moosa MK.
Lagon 10 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW671 — Moosa MK.
Lagon 8 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW464 — Moosa MK.
Lagon 10 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW735 — Moosa MK.
Corail 2 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW145 — Moosa MK.
Lagon 12 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW941 — Moosa MK.
Lagon 12 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW985 — Moosa MK.
Lagon 2 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW101 — Moosa MK.
Lagon 2 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW159 — Moosa MK.
Lagon 2 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW79 — Moosa MK.
Lagon 6 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW307 — Moosa MK.
Lagon 6 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW343 — Moosa MK.
Lagon 7 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW427 — Moosa MK.
Lagon 8 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW446 — Moosa MK.
Lagon 10 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW686 — Moosa MK.
Corail 2 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW103 — Moosa MK.
Chalcal 1 Nouvelle Caledonie, DC36 — Moosa MK.
Chalcal 1 Nouvelle Caledonie, DC49 — Moosa MK.
Chalcal 1 Nouvelle Caledonie, DC6 — Moosa MK.
Nouvelle Caledonie, DE9 — Moosa MK.
Corail 2 Nouvelle Caledonie, CP127 — Moosa MK.
Corail 2 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW156 — Moosa MK.
Corail 2 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW102 — Moosa MK.
Corail 2 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW153 — Moosa MK.
Corail 2 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW105 — Moosa MK.
Corail 2 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW113 — Moosa MK.
Corail 2 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW115 — Moosa MK.
Corail 2 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW117 — Moosa MK.
Corail 2 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW118 — Moosa MK.
Corail 2 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW12 — Moosa MK.
Corail 2 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW132 — Moosa MK.
Corail 2 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW136 — Moosa MK.
Corail 2 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW137 — Moosa MK.
Corail 2 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW144 — Moosa MK.
Lagon 8 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW477 — Moosa MK.
Corail 2 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW101 — Moosa MK.
Lagon 8 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW462 — Moosa MK.
Lagon 8 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW480 — Moosa MK.
Lagon 8 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW487 — Moosa MK.
Lagon 9 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW552 — Moosa MK.
Lagon 9 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW587 — Moosa MK.
Musorstom 6 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW430 — Moosa MK.
Musorstom 6 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW431 — Moosa MK.
Musorstom 6 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW432 — Moosa MK.
Musorstom 6 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW434 — Moosa MK.

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
Thalamitoides quadridens - Stephenson, 1976: 26 (Rangiroa). - Poupin, 1996a: 36 (Checklist with a new record from Moruroa; coll. Frv Marara) - Field observation - Det. J. Poupin, August 1997 (Tahiti). - Unpublished sp., coll. & det. G. Paulay, Rangiroa, February 10, 2001 (FLMNH-UF 1511). - Moorea Biocode project. - AAMP, Marquesas, 2012, Leg 3, St. MQ17-R, bank off Motane, 35-40 m, coll. Starmer et al., sample LC189. - Salvat & Bacchet, 2011: 249, photo, field guide 'Au Vent des Iles Ed. Tahiti - French Polynesia, most often Society (Moorea, Tahiti). - Evans, 2018, PeerJ, xls supplementary file, UF18495, Makemo, coll. Bacchet, Letourneaux, 2009-03-31 / UF15637, Moorea, Biocode, coll. McKeon, S.; Moore, Jenna; Paulay, Gustav, 2008-10-16.

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

This species in Worms Database