Decapoda - Caridea - Thoridae - Thor
| Thor amboinensis (De Man, 1888) |
World Distribution
Indo-Pacific, in Scleractinia and Actinia (Fransen, 1987: 527); 5-60m. French Polynesia; Easter Island. Chace (1997 : 92) - Eastern Africa, Mozambique, Kenya, Japan, Carolines, western Atlantic. Includes Madagascar, Glorieuses.
Previous reference in WA are now under T. dicaprio Anker & Baeza, 2021 (Zootaxa).
Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Associated with anemones
Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 1-60 m
Mayotte data
Thor amboinensis - Mission KUW novembre 2009, st. 5, herbier du Grand Récif Nord-Est, 1 m, 1 spécimen Lt 12,5 mm ; st. 19, Nord îlot Handrema, 6-10 m, 1 spécimen Lt 16,3 mm, récolté dans des hydraires ; st. 20b, Ilot M'tzamboro, platier Ouest, 10-15 m ; st. 32, Ilot M'tzamboro, Nord-Est, 6-21 m, 1 spécimen Lc 2,5 mm, photos in situ et labo ; détermination d'après les photos. - Photo Yvon Gildas - Mayotte sur le site : http://www.mayotte-photos-plongee.com/. - Expedition Glorieuses December 2012 (new record), st. Dive 3.
Thor amboinensis - Anker & Baeza, 2021: 500 (Zootaxa) - Mayotte and Glorieuses - Thor amboinensis (De Man, 1888) [s. lat.]: 1 male (pocl 2.0 mm), MNHN-IU-2013-7157, Mozambique Channel, Glorieuses (Glorioso) Islands, BIORECIE 2, sta. D3, 11°35.12’S, 47°20.09’E, Roches Vertes, outer slope, depth 0–12 m, leg. J. Poupin / SMCB, 10.12.2012; 1 ovig. female (pocl 2.9 mm), MNHN-IU-2018-5274 [ex Na 17807], Mozambique Channel, Mayotte, MAYOTTE KUW 2009, sta. 32, 12°38’09.54”S, 45°02’27.12”E, M’tzamboro Islet, north-east side, depth 6–21 m, on large Acropora plate, leg. J.M. Bouchard et al., 19.11.2009; 1 ovig. female (pocl 2.5 mm), MNHN-IU-2018-5275 [ex Na 17806], Mozambique Channel, Mayotte, MAYOTTE KUW 2009, sta. 19, 12°40’21.00”S, 45°06’49.92”E, Handrema Islet, north side, depth 6–10 m, coral reef slope, leg. J.M. Bouchard et al., 11.11.2009; 1 male (pocl 2.4 mm), 1 ovig. female (pocl 2.3 mm), MNHN-IU-2018-5276 [ex Na 17805], Mozambique Channel, Mayotte, MAYOTTE KUW 2009, sta. 5, 12°41’58.01”S, 45°14’04.31”E, Grand Récif, north-east side, depth 1 m, sea grass flat with coral blocks, leg. J.M. Bouchard et al., 103.11.2009
Réunion data
Thor amboinensis - Ribes, 1978 (Réunion). - Ribes-Beaudemoulin et al., 2002 : 74 (Réunion). - Mission Poupin, avril 2008 (D'après photographie, A. Diringer, E. Lancelot).
Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
EASTER ISLAND - Thor amboinensis - Fransen, 1987: 526, fig. 16a, b (Easter Island, off Hanga Roa, Motu Tautara, Tahai west coast, Motu Nui; 5-60m, dead coral; February 1986). - DiSalvo et al., 1988: 458, tab. 4 (Easter Island, scuba dives 15-60m; det. Holthuis & Fransen).
FRENCH POLYNESIA - Thor amboinensis - Poupin, 1998: 26, fig. 4 (Checklist; coll. Frv Marara, fr, February 1996, det. A.J. Bruce, Fangataufa; in coral Acropora, -10m; MNHN Na13303). - Unpublished sp. - Marquesas, coll. MUSORSTOM 9, 1997, stn CP1156, Eiao, 80 m, prov. det. J. Poupin, from photograph only. - Field observation, 2006, photograph by P. Bacchet, det. Bacchet/Poupin, Bora Bora lagoon. - Moorea Biocode project. - Leray, 2012: 199, Thesis, fig. D2-M, Moorea. - Salvat & Bacchet, 2011: 237, photo, field guide 'Au Vent des Iles Ed. Tahiti - French Polynesia, most often Society (Moorea, Tahiti).
Thor amboinensis - Anker & Baeza, 2021: 500 (Zootaxa) - French Polynesia - 1 male (pocl 2.1 mm), 3 ov. Females (2.0, 2.1, 2.3 mm), MNHN-IU-2018-5273 [ex Na 13303], French Polynesia, Tuamotu Archipelago, Fangataufa, depth 10 m, in Acropora, leg. J. Poupin, 02.1996, det. A.J. Bruce; 1 male (pocl indet.), FLMNH UF 23858, French Polynesia, Moorea, in front of UC Berkeley Gump station, 17°29’24.03”S, 149°49’34.08”W, shallow flat with coral rubble, depth less than 2 m, leg. A. Anker, 05.11.2009 [fcn BMOO-8589]; 1 female (pocl indet.), FLMNH UF 15478, French Polynesia, Moorea, off Sheraton Hotel, 17°28’32.09”S, 149°49’53.00”W, coral reef, depth less than 15 m, leg. S. McKeon, J. Moore & G. Paulay, 12.10.2008 [fcn BMOO-2314].
References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)This species in Worms Database