Decapoda - Brachyura - Ocypodidae - Paraleptuca
| Paraleptuca chlorophthalmus (H. Milne Edwards, 1837) |
World Distribution
MASDEA/AfReMas, Rosenberg (Internet ), Guinot (1967) - Océan Indien. Afrique orientale, Somalie, Kenya, Tanzanie, Mozambique, Europa, Madagascar, Mayotte, Anjouan, Grande Comore, Réunion, Maurice.
Environnement : Brackish - Substrat/Association : Soft bottom (mud or sand)
Vertical range : Land & Freshwater - Min-Max observed: 0-1 m
Mayotte data
Paraleptuca chlorophthalmus (H. Milne Edwards, 1837)
Material examined — See Bouchard et al., 2013: 45 fig. 39 as Uca (Paraleptuca) chlorophthalmus - Mayotte KUW 2009, st. 13, Malamani mangrove 15 MM 6.7 x 11.0 to 10.4 x 17.7 mm (photo 1 M 10.6 x 17.7 mm, as 10.6 x 18 mm on field label), 15 FF 5.3 x 8.8 to 10.0 x 16.9 mm, MNHN B32116, MNHN-IU-2009-1035.
Other records — Uca chlorophthalmus - Guinot, 1967: 281, list with Mayotte, Comoros (Anjouan, Grande Comore). - Uca (Tubuca) chlorophthalmus - Bouchard, 2009: 6, 22, Mayotte, Malamani mangrove, specimens added to KUW 2009 collection under st. 13b (Malamani mangrove), stations number coll. J. -M. Bouchard 2008, Malamani n°2, 4 MM 8.2 x 14.0 to 10.8 x 18.3 mm, 1 F 10.5 x 17.3 mm, MNHN B32109, MNHN-IU-2009-1028; Malamani n° 3, 1 M 8.5 x 14.0 mm, 1 F 8.0 x 13.0 mm, MNHN B32110, MNHN-IU-2009-1029; Malamani n° P35, 1 M 7.4 x 12.4 mm, 1 F ov. 9.3 x 15.3 mm, MNHN B32111, MNHN-IU-2009-1030; ?Malamani, 6 FF 7.8 x 13.0 to 9.0 x 14.7 mm, MNHN B32112, MNHN-IU-2009-1031; Malamani n° P3 (ech. 11), 1 M 6.0 x 10.4 mm, MNHN B32113, MNHN-IU-2009-1032; Malamani n°1 to n°2, 4 MM 6.8 x 11.3 to 10.8 x 18.7 mm, 2 FF 6.2 x 10.4 mm, 9.2 x 15.0 mm, MNHN B32114, MNHN-IU-2009-1033; Malamani n° P2, P3 (ech. 9), 19 MM 7.0 x 11.9 to 11.0 x 19.2 mm (photo 1 M 10.5 x 17.5 mm), 4 FF 10.3 x 16.9 to 11.4 x 18.7 mm, MNHN B32115, MNHN-IU-2009-1034. - Uca (Paraleptuca) chlorophthalmus - Shih et al., 2012: 36, Mayotte, coll. from J. -M. Bouchard, 8 October 2008, Malamani mangrove, 1 M CW 18.6 mm, MNHN IU-2011-5599, 1 M CW 19.2 mm, MNHN-IU-2011-5600, 1 M CW 16.2 mm, MNHN IU-2011-5601). - Shin et al., 2013: 643 The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology: 643, tab. 1, 2 spp. MNHN (numbers not indicated) (loan from Mayotte KUW 2009 collection). - Paraleptuca chlorophthalmus - Shih et al., 2016: 173, Mayotte 2 spp. MNHNIU-2011-5599, 5600.
Geographic and depth ranges — WIO, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Comoros (Mayotte, Anjouan, Grande Comore), Mozambique, South Africa to Madagascar, Réunion, Mauritius; supratidal, land.
Europa data
Uca chlorophthalmus - Fourmanoir, 1952 : 176 (Europa). - Dérijard, 1966 : 171, fig. 16-19 et 20-23 (Europa). - Guinot, 1967 : 281 (Liste, avec Europa). - Mission BIORECIE - st. 9, mangrove petit lagon, nombreux, pas récoltés, détermination sur la couleur des spécimens observés, en compararant avec Mayotte ; st. 10, une carapace typique, avec front large et deux pinces ; st. 14, pince seulement (photos faces interne/externe).
Réunion data
Gelasimus Chlorophthalmus - A. Milne-Edwards, 1862, annexe F : 6 (Réunion, coll. Maillard). - Uca (Paraleptuca) chlorophthalmus (H. Milne Edwards, 1837). - Ng et al., 2008 : 240 (Liste à jour des noms valides). - Mission Poupin, avril 2008 (D'après photographies du programme BIOTAS).
Comment(s) on data
Paraleptuca chlorophthalmus - Shih et al., 2016, Raffles Bulletin: 156, new genus.
References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)This species in Worms Database