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Decapoda - Caridea - Pandalidae - Bitias

Bitias brevis (Rathbun, 1906)

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World Distribution
Taiwan, New Caledonia

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

Vertical range : Deep (more than 100 m) - Min-Max observed: 638-1500 m

New Caledonia data
Bathus 3 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW776 — Crosnier A, Zoosystema 25.
Halipro 2 Nouvelle Caledonie, BT58, Mel Crosnier du 13/02/04.
Bathus 3 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW809, Mel Crosnier du 13/02/04.

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
Following records probably Bitias brevis (Rathbun, 1906)
Bitias brevipes - TARASOC 2009, st. DW3352, 600-860 m, SW Kaukura - Paris MNHN-IU-2011-5251
Bitias brevipes - TARASOC 2009, st. DW3405, 466-1130 m, Seamount W of Maupiti - Paris MNHN-IU-2011-5252

Other data
Taiwan 2000 Taiwan, CP55 — Chuang SC, Chan TY, Komai T, Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 116, 3: 839-845

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

This species in Worms Database