Decapoda - Anomura - Chirostylidae - Uroptychus

Uroptychus soyomaruae Baba, 1981

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World Distribution
Baba et al. (2008, Catalog, Zootaxa) - Madagascar, Japan (Izu Islands), Hawaiian area (Marcus-Necker Rise, east of Johnston Atoll). Also French Polynesia (Marquesas).
Baba (2018, TDSB) - Off Izu Islands (Japan), Madagascar, and now the Norfolk Ridge and French Polynesia; 705-1450 m

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

Vertical range : Deep (more than 100 m) - Min-Max observed: 705-1450 m

New Caledonia data
Uroptychus soyomaruae - Baba, 2018: 487, New Caledonia (Norfolk), 885-1450 m.

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
Uroptychus soyomaruae - Unpublished collections MNHN Ga4300, Coll. FRV Alis, MUSORSTOM 9, Marquesas Islands: Nuku Hiva (st. CP1303, on gorgonians corals; 705-794m), det. K. Baba (1997), from photograph only. - Baba, 2018: 487, same specimen (now as MNHN-IU-2014-16955) and confirmation of photo det. Made in 1997.

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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