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Decapoda - Brachyura - Leucosiidae - Urnalana

Urnalana pulchella (Bell, 1855)

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World Distribution
Galil (2005 : 30) - Indo-ouest Pacifique. Mer Rouge, Golfe d'Aden, Muscat, Afrique orientale, Afrique du Sud, Comores, Mayotte, Madagascar, Andaman, Inde, Mer de Chine Sud, Golfe du Tonkin, Indonésie, Australie, Papouasie Nouvelle-Guinée, Fidji. 29-90 m.
(Galil & Ng, 2020, TDSB 31) - Papua New Guinea.
(Galil & Ng, 2023, Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos) - Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Comoro Islands, Mozambique Channel, Madagascar, South Africa, Andamans (India), Tonkin Bay (Vietnam), South China Sea, Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Australia, Vanuatu, Fiji (Galil 2005, Galil & Ng 2007, 2010, 2020). 46-101 m

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Soft bottom (mud or sand)

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 29-101 m

Mayotte data
Urnalana pulchella (Bell, 1855) — Urnalana pulchella - Galil, 2005: 29, Mayotte, lagoon 46 m, coll. A. Crosnier August 1959, 1 M Lc 9.6 mm, MNHN B18610. — IWP, Red Sea, South Africa to China sea, Fiji; 29-90 m.

Urnalana pulchella - Galil & Ng, 2023, Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos: 108 - Near Glorieuses - North Madagascar. MIRIKY Stn CP3203, S Cap Saint-Sebastien, 12°35.92’S, 48°35.22’E, 50-52 m, 29 June 2009, 1 male 5.8 mm (MNHN-IU-2010-39), 1 female 7.2 mm (MNHN-IU-2010-40), 1 female 7.6 mm (MNHN-IU-2016-8887).

Other data
Fidji, STATION — Galil BS, Zool. Med. Leiden 79-2, 2: 9-40
Fidji, STATION — Galil BS, Zool. Med. Leiden 79-2, 2: 9-40
Fidji, STATION — Galil BS, Zool. Med. Leiden 79-2, 2: 9-40

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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