Decapoda - Brachyura - Portunidae - Cycloachelous

Cycloachelous granulatus (H. Milne Edwards, 1834)

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World Distribution
Stephenson (1972 : 39), MASDEA/AfReMas (Internet), Sakai (2004, CD) - Indo-ouest Pacifique. Mer Rouge, Afrique orientale, Tanzanie, Madagascar, Comores, Mayotte, Seychelles, Maurice, Cargados Carajos, Golfe d'Oman, Inde, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nicobar, Mergui, Andaman, Indonésie, Australie, Taiwan, Chine, Japon, Philippine, Salomon, Samoa, Fidji, Hawaii. Comprend Réunion.
Apel & Spiridonov (1998), Somalia, South Africa … to 30-120 m.

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

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 1-120 m

Mayotte data
Cycloachelous granulatus (H. Milne Edwards, 1834) — Portunus granulatus - Crosnier, 1962: 57, fig. 89, 92, 94 a, b, Madagascar, Mayotte, MNHN. - Guinot, 1967: 257, list with Mayotte. - Poupin et al., 2013c: 11, Glorieuses [Expedition Glorieuses December 2012 (new record) - from BIOTAS 2009 photos, 1 sp. MEPA1248 about 15 x 20 mm, not located in FLMNH collection]. - Poupin, 2016: 50, Juan de Nova [Expedition Juan de Nova December 2013, st1 (nr). - BIOTAS 2009, Juan de Nova, reef-sand, st. JDN01, lots MEPA-00364] — IWP, Red Sea, South Africa to Japan, French Polynesia; subtidal to 120 m — Remarks - Previous records of this species in Hawaii are Cycloachelous suborbicularis (Stephenson, 1975) (see Castro, 2011).

Réunion data
Achelous granulatus - A. Milne-Edwards, 1862, annexe F : 2 (Réunion, coll. Maillard). - Portunus (Achelous) granulatus granulatus - Ng et al., 2008 : 151 (Synonymie et liste à jour des noms valides). - Mission Poupin, avril 2008 (D'après photographie S. Ribes).

New Caledonia data
Nouvelle Caledonie, STATION — Moosa MK.

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
Neptunus (Achelous) granulatus - Ortmann, 1893a: 72 (Tahiti). - Nobili, 1907: 383 ("Rikitea" = Mangareva). - Boone, 1934: 60, pl. 20 (Nuku Hiva). - Seurat, 1934: 59 (Mangareva). - Portunus (Achelous) granulatus - Rathbun, 1907: 60 (Bora Bora, Fakarava). - Sendler, 1923: 40 (Tahiti). - Portunus (Cycloachelous) granulatus - Holthuis, 1953: 6 (Raroia). - Morrison, 1954: 7 (Raroia). - Guinot, 1985: 449 (List). - Portunus granulatus - Forest & Guinot, 1962: 58 (Biogeography "Tahiti-Tuamotu, Marquesas"). - Stephenson & Rees, 1967: 25 (Moorea, Tuamotu). - Türkay, 1971: 127 (Tahiti). - Stephenson, 1976: 16 (Tahiti). - Monteforte, 1984: 173, annex 1, tab. a (Moorea, Tahiti); 1987: 8 (Moorea). - Poupin, 1996a: 31 (Checklist, with new records at Tahiti and Tikehau; coll. Frv Marara). - Field observation, 2007, det. Poupin, photographs by P. Bacchet (Moorea). - Salvat & Bacchet, 2011: 248, photo, field guide 'Au Vent des Iles Ed. Tahiti - French Polynesia, most often Society (Moorea, Tahiti). - Mission CRIOBE 2014 (collection, Moorea, 1982, Portunus granulatus coll. Monteforte, det. Crosnier

Comment(s) on data
Not in Hawaii, where all records of this species are attributed to Cycloachelous suborbicularis (Stephenson, 1975) in Castro (2011)

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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