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Decapoda - Anomura - Munididae - Bathymunida

Bathymunida polae Balss, 1914

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World Distribution
Baba (2005 : 71) - Indo-ouest Pacifique. Mer Rouge, Réunion, Madagascar, Maurice, Iles Kei. 76-255 m. "Previously known only from the Indian Ocean. This is the first record from the Malayan region".
(Macpherson et al., 2017, European Journal of Taxonomy, tab. 3) - Red Sea, Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion, Ambon, NE Mozambique Channel, Mozambique. 76-450 m

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

Vertical range : Deep (more than 100 m) - Min-Max observed: 76-450 m

Mayotte data
Bathymunida polae - Macpherson et al. (2017, European Journal of Taxonomy, tab. 2) - Mayotte region, Cruise BENTHEDI, Stn F49, 12°54.6? S, 44°56.8? E, 28 Mar. 1977, 300–450 m

Bathymunida polae - Macpherson, Rodríguez-Flores & Machordom, 2023, Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos: Appendix 1 - Cruise BIOMAGLO - Grande Comore - Stn DW4838, 11°59’S, 43°31’E, 185-267 m, 29 January 2017 - Mayotte - Stn DW4820, 13°05’S, 45°06’E, 295-336 m, 27 January 2017.

Réunion data
Bathymunida polae - Baba, 2005 : 71 (Réunion dans la distribution, sans doute depuis Balss, 1914 dont le matériel type est indiqué (p. 239) de Madagascar et la Réunion ; profondeurs connues 76-255 m).

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

This species in Worms Database