Decapoda - Brachyura - Dromiidae - Tumidodromia

Tumidodromia dormia (Linnaeus, 1763)

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World Distribution
McLay (2009: 23, Zootaxa) - Tumidodromia dormia is found in the Indo-West Pacific region, from the Red Sea, East Africa, Madagascar, Seychelles, Mauritius, China, Japan, Ambon (Indonesia), Philippines, New Caledonia, Hawaiian Is, and Marquesas Is (French Polynesia). Depth range is 8–112 m. Also Comoro (Mayotte, 6-12 m). Catro (2011) - 8-156 m.

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Associated with sponges

Vertical range : Shallow to deep-waters (e.g. 10-190 m) - Min-Max observed: 6-156 m

Mayotte data
Tumidodromia dormia (Linnaeus, 1763)
Material Examined — Mayotte KUW 2009, st. 12, Récif La Prévoyante at night, 6-12 m, 1 F 87.5 x 106 mm (photo), 1 M 126 x 160 mm, MNHN-IU-2009-1157. - Internet photo Yvon Gildas - Mayotte at http://www.mayotte-photos-plongee.com/
Distribution — IWP, Red Sea, Mozambique, Mayotte (this work), to Hawaii, French Polynesia; subtidal, 6-156 m.

Tumidodromia dormia - Mayotte, scooter dive investigation at 12°52.964’, 45°16.557’E, 125 m, entrance of a cave. Screen shot from a film made by G. Barathieu, DBE, 18 March 2023 (https://mega.nz/file/eQp2XSDR#clQPlxGFyn8oVCs-kVzVYOJl_MIJ_O6mwqO4OVWuLLo)

Réunion data
Dromia dormia - Mission Poupin, avril 2008 (Détermination d'après photographie de A. Diringer)

New Caledonia data
Guinot et al., 2013: 282, Zootaxa - Tumidodromia dormia (Linnaeus, 1763), male cw approximately 97 mm (MNHN-B26517); female 88.0 × 105.8 mm, New Caledonia (MNHN-B26438); female cl 107 mm, New Caledonia, Récif Tabu (MNHN-B26439); female 88.0 × 105.8 mm, New Caledonia (MNHN-B26438)
Nouvelle Caledonie, PLG193 — McLay CL, Musorstom 10, 156: 111-251
Nouvelle Caledonie, PLG — McLay CL, Musorstom 10, 156: 111-251
Nouvelle Caledonie, PLG — McLay CL, Musorstom 10, 156: 111-251

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
Dromia dormia - McLay, 2001: 82 (Coll. FRV Alis, MUSORSTOM 9, st. CP1179, Nuku Hiva, 58-62m, st. CP1177, Nuku Hiva, 108-112m). - Field observation, 2006, photograph by P. Bacchet, det. Bacchet/Poupin/McLay, Tahiti, outer slope at night, about 10 m. - Salvat & Bacchet, 2011: 244, photo, field guide 'Au Vent des Iles Ed. Tahiti - French Polynesia, most often Society (Moorea, Tahiti).

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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