Decapoda - Brachyura - Varunidae - Varuna

Varuna litterata (Fabricius, 1798)

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World Distribution
Keith et al. (2006 : 88), Sakai (Internet), WoRMS - Indo-ouest Pacifique, Afrique orientale (Somalie, Kenya, Tanzanie, Mozambique, Afrique du Sud), Madagascar, Comores (avec Mayotte), Seychelles, Inde, Indonésie, Taiwan, Chine, Japon, Philippines, Papouasie Nouvelle-Guinée, Australie, Nouvelle Calédonie, Fidji, Polynésie française.

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

Vertical range : Land & Freshwater - Min-Max observed: 0-757 m

Mayotte data
Varuna litterata (Fabricius, 1798)
Material examined — See Bouchard et al., 2013: 32, fig. 27B-D - Mayotte KUW 2009, st. 10, Islet 'Quatre Frères, Vatou', 1 M 36.3 x 41.0 mm, MNHN B32058, MNHN-IU-2009-977.
Other records — Varuna litterata - Lenz, 1910 : 560, Comoros (Mohéli). - Crosnier, 1965: 34, fig. 40, 41a-b, 46, pm. VI, fig. 1, Comoros (Grande Comore, Mohéli). - Keith et al., 2006 : 36, Comoros (Anjouan, Mohéli), Mayotte.
Varuna litterata - Juan de Nova, October 2022, field work T. Mulochau & coll., det J. Poupin from photo(s).
Geographic and depth ranges — IWP, Somalia, South Africa to Japan, French Polynesia; rivers, brackish waters or at sea (drifting).

Réunion data
Varuna litterata - Kiener & Duchochois, 1980 (CEMAGREF report): 69, Réunion. - Keith et al., 1999 : 58 (Réunion). - Mission Poupin, avril 2008 (D'après photographie du programme BIOTAS).

New Caledonia data
Guinot et al., 2013: 296 - Varuna litterata (Fabricius, 1798), male 41.2 × 46.0 mm, New Caledonia, Voh River (MNHN-B22720)
Nouvelle Caledonie, STATION — Ng P.K.L & Richer de Forges B., Compendium of marine species from New Caledonia, Vol II7: 315-332

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
Varuna litterata - Marquet, 1988: 90, fig. 48, tab. 3; 1991: 133, tab. 1-2; 1993: tab. 1, 3 (Moorea, Tahiti). - Poupin 1994a: 67, fig. 63, pl. 8b (Tahiti; coll. Frv Marara); 1996a: 6, 69 (Checklist). - Keith et al., 2002: 72, photograph (Austral, Society). - Unpublished sp., coll. & det. G. Paulay, Moorea, January 10, 2001, Opunohu River, 0-2 km from mouth (FLMNH-UF 1422, 1509). - Moorea Biocode project.

Other data
Musorstom 1 Philippines, CP47 — Serene R & Vadon C, Musorstom 1, 1: 117-140

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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