Decapoda - Axiidea - Axiidae - Axiopsis

Axiopsis pica Kensley, 2003



World Distribution
Guam (Kensley 2003). Plus French Polynesia, Tuamotu (Rangiroa), Marquesas (Fatu Hiva). Ngoc-Ho (2005 : 27) - Pacifique : Guam et Rangiroa dans les Tuamotu. Also Comoros (Mayotte).

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Hard bottom (rock and rubbles)

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 0-80 m

Mayotte data
Axiopsis picta - Mission KUW novembre 2009, st. 26, 1 spécimen Lc = 14,5 mm, Lt = 36,5 mm (avec les pinces environ 46 mm), photographie, dét. Ngoc-Ho, MNHN Th1558.

Réunion data
Axiopsis pica - Réunion, lagon l'Ermitage, 04/2017, det. and photo in situ P. Bourjon.

New Caledonia data
Singer-Polignac Nouvelle Caledonie, STATION — Ngoc Ho N, Zoosystema 27, 1: 47-83

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
Axiopsis pica Kensley, 2003. - Ngoc-Ho, 2005: 51, fig. 2. French Polynesia. Tuamotu, Archipelago, Rangiroa Atoll, reef flat, under rocks, 16.X.2001, C. Meyer coll., 1 male, cl. 26.5 mm, tl. 67 mm (figured) (UF 1337). - Moorea Biocode project (with a '?'). - Unpublished - AAMP, Marquesas 2012, coll. & photos N. Evans, MARQ-410, Leg 2, St. 25, Fatu Hiva, 22 m, rubbles, pre-det. J. Poupin from photograph.

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

This species in Worms Database