Decapoda - Anomura - Munididae - Sadayoshia

Sadayoshia acroporae Baba, 1972

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World Distribution
Macpherson & Baba (2010: 420) - Japan (Ryukyu Islands), Philippines (Panglao and Balicasag
Islands), South China Sea (Macclesfield Bank), Mariana Islands (Guam Island), French Polynesia (Society Islands), New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands, Chesterfield Islands, Bay of Bengal, Mauritius, Mozambique Channel. Depths between 1 and 120 m, on coral and rock bottoms. The record of Tirmizi (1980) of 1225 m in the Mozambique Channel could be wrongly reported and should be revised

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

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

New Caledonia data
Sadayoshia acroporae - Macpherson & Baba, 2010: 419, NEW CALEDONIA. Lifou Island. Stn 1446, 20°50.8’S 167°09.7’E, 36-40 m, 16 November 2000: 1 M 9.1 mm (MNHN Ga7206). — Stn 1431, 20°47.5’S 167°07.1’E, 18-35 m, 03 November 2000: 1 M 5.7 mm (MNHN Ga7207). — Stn 1466, 20°46.5’S 167°06.2’E, 25-45 m, 17 November 2000: 1 F 7.4 mm (MNHN Ga7208).
Others specimens from Chesterfields Islands belong to S. adludra n. sp. in Macpherson & Baba (2012: 38, Zootaxa) - Chesterfield Islands. CORAIL 2, Stn DW106, 19°09’S 158°43’E, 62 m, 27 July 1988: 3 ov. F 8.0-9.1 mm (MNHN Ga7201).— Stn DW118, 19°25’S 158°28’E, 52 m, 28 July 1988: 1 ov. F 6.8 mm (MNHN Ga7202). — Stn DW165, 19°41’S 158°22’E, 45 m, 2 August 1988: 1 ov. F 6.9 mm (MNHN Ga7203). Lagoon Est. Stn 625, 21°59.2’S 166°53.6’E, 34-40 m, August 1986: 2 M 6.8-10.6 mm (MNHN Ga7204). — Stn 663, 21°42.2’S 166°30.5’E, 38-40 m, August 1986: 1 M 8.8 mm (MNHN Ga7205).

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
Sadayoshia acroporae - Macpherson & Baba, 2010: 420, FRENCH POLYNESIA. Society Islands. Moorea. 17.5099?S 149.761?W, 20-33 m, 26 October 2008: 3 M 5.3-5.7 mm, 1 ov. F 4.9 mm (FLMNH 18372).

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