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Decapoda - Caridea - Alpheidae - Batella

Batella praecipua De Grave, 2004

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World Distribution
[see ASHRAFI, H. ., ?URIŠ, Z. ., & ANKER, A. . (2022). The first complete specimen of the deep-water shrimp Batella praecipua De Grave, 2004 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Alpheidae). Zootaxa, 5092(3), 378–386. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5092.3.8] - The deep-water alpheid shrimp Batella praecipua De Grave, 2004 was originally described based on two incomplete specimens, both with their first chelipeds missing, collected at 400–440 m off New Caledonia. During the recent KANADEEP 1 expedition in the Coral Sea in 2017, the first complete specimen of B. praecipua was collected at a depth of 370–380 m

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

Vertical range : Deep (more than 100 m) - Min-Max observed: 370-440 m

New Caledonia data
Musorstom 6 Nouvelle Caledonie, STATION — De Grave S., Zoosystema 26, 3: 503-509
Musorstom 6 Nouvelle Caledonie, STATION — De Grave S., Zoosystema 26, 3: 503-509

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

This species in Worms Database