Decapoda - Brachyura - Trapeziidae - Trapezia

Trapezia formosa Smith, 1869



World Distribution
Mozambic to central America, including ?French Polynesia. In the Eastern Pacific, from the gulf of California, Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, to Equator, and oceanic Islands: Baja California Sur, Revillagigedo (Clarion, Socorro), Clipperton, Galapagos.
Castro et al. (2004 : 41) - Indo-Pacifique. Comprend, Afrique orientale, Mozambique, Mayotte, premier signalement, Réunion, Polynésie française, Clipperton, Galapagos.

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

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 1-60 m

Mayotte data
Trapezia formosa Smith, 1869
Material examined — Mayotte KUW 2009 (det. P. Castro), st. 14, La Prudente bank, 15-17 m, 1 M 5.7 x 6.8 mm, 1 F ov. 5.5 x 7.2 mm (photo), MNHN B32266, MNHN-IU-2009-1084.
Other records — Trapezia formosa - Castro, 1998: 180, Glorieuses [coll. A. Crosnier, J. Millot, 2 MM, 1 F, MNHN B25291]. - Castro, 1999a: 110, Glorieuses. - Castro, 2013: 460, Tropical Deep Sea Benthos, Glorieuses in remarks only 'T. formosa Smith, 1869, previously known from Mozambique and Îles Glorieuses in the Mozambique Channel (Castro 1998).
Geographic and depth ranges — IP, Kenya, Mozambique to Clipperton, Gulf of California, Colombia, Equator; subtidal to 60 m. A widspread species but still not reported in Hawaii and French Polynesia.

Réunion data
Trapezia formosa - Ribes, 1978 : 14 (Réunion). - Trapezia bella - Serène, 1984 : 278 (Réunion dans le matériel examiné, correspond au matériel de Ribes, coll. Ribes, Saline, 5 m, sur Pocillopora verrucosa, MNHN B8345 ; ? Non T. bella Dana, 1852, voir commentaires). - Castro, 1998: 180, Réunion [coll. S. Ribes, de Saint Laurent; La Saline, St Gilles; MNHN]. - Castro, 1999a: 110, Réunion.

New Caledonia data
Corail 2 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW92 — Castro P, Etudes & Theses 3.

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
CLIPPERTON - Trapezia ferruginea - Garth, 1965: 24 (Clipperton) [In part, non T. ferruginea Latreille (cf. Castro, 1996: 545)]. - Trapezia formosa - Castro, 1996: 544 (synonymy, distribution ; with specimens from Clarion and Clipperton) ; 1998: 178 (distribution, systematic). - Castro et al., 2004: 41, 44, 51 (distribution, synonymy, key). - Poupin et al., 2007 (Clipperton new coll.). Check French Polynesia.

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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