Decapoda - Brachyura - Xanthidae - Zosimus
| Zosimus aeneus (Linnaeus, 1758) |
World Distribution
(Serène, 1984: 165) - IWP, Red Sea, South Africa to Australia, Japan, Hawaii. Includes Wallis & Futuna, French Polynesia.
Serène (1984 : 165), MASDEA/AfReMas (Internet) - Indo-ouest Pacifique. Mer Rouge, Afrique orientale, Somalie, Tanzanie, Mozambique, Afrique du Sud, Seychelles, Madagascar, Glorieuses, Mayotte premier signalement, Réunion, Maurice, à l'Australie, Japon, Hawaii. Comprend, Europa, Wallis & Futuna, Polynésie française.
Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Hard bottom (rock and rubbles)
Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 0-10 m
Mayotte data
Zosimus aeneus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Material examined — Mayotte KUW 2009, st. 26, Mutsumbatsou reef flat, 1 M 41 x 61 mm, MNHN B32403, MNHN-IU-2009-1165; st. 26c, same, coll. J. -M. Bouchard, 1 F 35 x 51 mm, 2 juv., MNHN B32404, MNHN-IU-2009-1166.
Other records — Zosimus aeneus - Serène, 1984: 165, Glorieuses, intertidal, under coral blocks, coll. A. Crosnier 16/9/1958, 9 MM largest 53 x 80 mm; 3 FF largest 46 x 68 mm, MNHN. - Poupin, 2016: Juan de Nova, Expedition Juan de Nova December 2013, st2 (nr), reef-block, outer-reef. - Field photograph (exuvia), Sabine Orlowski, November 2017, Tromelin; also Tromelin, photo, perhaps from Baumann, 21/11/2018, TAAF, transmitted December 2019 by Maxime Amy, TAAF Réunion.
Geographic and depth ranges — IWP, Red Sea, Mayotte (this work), South Africa to Hawaii, French Polynesia; intertidal, shallow subtidal.
Europa data
Zozimus aeneus - Lenz, 1910 : 546 (Europa). - Fourmanoir, 1952 : 175 (Europa). - Dérijard, 1966 : 166 (Europa). - Guinot, 1967 : 270 (Liste, avec Europa). - Mission BIORECIE, st. 6, carapace.
Zozimus aeneus - Europa, the crab eaten by an octopus, photo TAAF transmited by A. Maxime, october 2024.
Réunion data
Zozymus aeneus - Milne-Edwads, 1862, annexe F : 4 (Réunion, coll. Maillard). - Zosimus aeneus - BD Internet du Parc marin à http://etic.univ-reunion.fr/parcmarin/ (Réunion, det. inconnu). - Mission Poupin, avril 2008 (D'après des carapace et photographies d'A. Diringer, F. Trentin). - Réunion, photo in situ P. Bourjon.
New Caledonia data
Nouvelle Caledonie, STATION — Edwards AM, Nouv Arch MNHN 8: 229-267
Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
WALLIS & FUTUNA - Zosimus aeneus - Poupin & Juncker, in preparation (Futuna). - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Zosimus aeneus - Dana, 1852b: 192; 1855, pl. 10, fig. 3a (Tuamotu). - Stimpson, 1858a: 32 [30]; 1907: 42 (Tahiti). - Nobili, 1907: 388 (Fakahina). - Seurat, 1934: 59 (Fakahina, Tahiti). - Monteforte, 1984: 171, annex 1, tab. a, photograph p. 136b (Makatea, Mataiva, Takapoto). -Delesalle, 1985: 289 (Mataiva). - Salvat & Richard, 1985: 360 (Takapoto). - Salvat, 1986b: 72 (French Polynesia). - Zosimus aeneus - Rathbun, 1907: 38 (Makemo). - Boone, 1934: 99, pl. 50-53 (Nuku Hiva, Tahiti). - Holthuis, 1953: 27 (Raroia). - Morrison, 1954: 16 (Raroia). - Buitendijk, 1960: 284, fig. 6a (Society). - Forest & Guinot, 1961: 51 (Hikueru, Tahiti); 1962: 62 (Biogeography "Tahiti-Tuamotu, Marquesas"). - Guinot, 1966a: 48 (Raroia); 1985: 451 (List). - Bonvallot et al., 1994: 140-141, photograph (Tuamotu). - Poupin, 1994a: 37, fig. 33, pl. 4d (Tahiti, Taiaro). - Poupin, 1996a: 47 (Checklist, with a new record from Moruroa; coll. Frv Marara). - ? Zozimus sp. - Salvat, 1986a: 19, photograph (French Polynesia; det. according to the photograph). - ? Lophozozymus sp. - Bagnis & Christian, 1983: 110, photograph (Tuamotu; det. according to the photograph). - Field observation "coll. plongeurs du SMSRB, novembre 1994 Moruroa"; 2006, photograph by P. Bacchet, det. Bacchet/Poupin, Tahiti, outer slope at night, 3 m. - Unpublished sp., coll ? & det. G. Paulay, Rangiroa (from photograph, FLMNH-UF ?). - AAMP, Marquesas, 2012, Leg 2, coll. Evans, St 5, Nuku Hiva, 4 m; Leg 3, St. MQ16-M, Fatu Hiva, intertidal, coll. Corbari et al., sample LC143. - Salvat & Bacchet, 2011: 255, photo, field guide 'Au Vent des Iles Ed. Tahiti - French Polynesia, most often Society (Moorea, Tahiti).
References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)This species in Worms Database