Decapoda - Brachyura - Macrophthalmidae - Venitus

Venitus latreillei (Desmarest, 1822)



World Distribution
MASDEA/AfReMas (Internet), Sakai (2004, CD) - Indo-ouest Pacifique. Mer Rouge, Afrique orientale, Mozambique, Afrique du Sud, Madagascar, Mayotte, Inde, Thailande, Malaisie, Indonésie, Chine, Japon, Philippines, Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée, Australie, Nouvelle-Calédonie.
Davie (2012: 201, Memoirs QM) - Broadly distributed in the Indowest Pacific Oceans from South Africa to Japan, Philippines and New Caledonia.

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

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 0-50 m

Mayotte data
Venitus latreillei (Desmarest, 1822) — Macrophthalmus latreillei - Crosnier, 1965: 131, fig. 239-242, Mayotte, mud grounds with adults between 5-15 m and young to 50 m. - Guinot, 1967: 282, list with Comoros. - Venitus latreillei - Bouchard et al., 2013: 38, same records for Mayotte — IWP, Red Sea, South Africa to Japan, New Caledonia; sediments in shallow subtidal to 50 m.

New Caledonia data
Macrophthalmus latreillei (Desmarest, 1822) - Nouvelle Caledonie, STATION — Edwards AM, Nouv Arch MNHN 8: 229-267

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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