Decapoda - Caridea - Palaemonidae - Brachycarpus
| Brachycarpus biunguiculatus (Lucas, 1846) |
World Distribution
Felder et al. (2009) - 0-105 m. Pantropical.
(Holthuis, 1972: 33): Pantropic species, Eastern Atlantic (Mediterranean and West africa); West Indies (Bermuda to Curaçao), East Pacific (Gulf of California to Colombia; Clipperton Island, Revillagigedo Islands, Cocos Island, Galagpagos), Indo-West Pacific (Red Sea, Ceylon, Wake Island, Hawaii, French Polynesia, Easter Island -Hanga Roa). - Li & Poupin (2009: 580, J. Crust. Biol.) - Type locality: Oran and Bone, Algeria. Also known from the Red Sea, Zanzibar, Sri Lanka, Ryukyu Islands, Caroline Islands, Chesterfield Islands, New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands, Wake Island, Hawaii, French Polynesia, and Easter Island. Also known extensively in the Eastern Pacific, Eastern and Western Atlantic, and western Mediterranean region.
Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Hard bottom (rock and rubbles)
Vertical range : Shallow to deep-waters (e.g. 10-190 m) - Min-Max observed: 1-105 m
Réunion data
Brachycarpus biunguiculatus - Li & Bruce, 2006 : 618 (Réunion dans le matériel examiné, coll. Marion Dufresne, MD32, stn CP97, 55 m, débris coralliens, 28 août 1982, 1 mâle, 1 femelle, MNHN Na14942). - Réunion, det. & photo in situ P. Bourjon, 2016
New Caledonia data
Exp. Montrouzier Nouvelle Caledonie, STATION — Li X. & Bruce A.J., Journal of Natural History 40, 11,12: 611-738
Nouvelle Caledonie, PLG — Bruce AJ, Musorstom 15, 168: 197-267
Smib 5 Nouvelle Caledonie, PLG — Bruce AJ, Musorstom 15, 168: 197-267
Nouvelle Caledonie, PLG180 — Bruce AJ, Musorstom 15, 168: 197-267
Nouvelle Caledonie, STATION — Bruce AJ, Musorstom 15, 168: 197-267
Musorstom 5 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW264 — Bruce AJ, Musorstom 15, 168: 197-267
Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
CLIPPERTON - Brachycarpus biunguiculatus - Schmitt, 1939a: 13, fig. 1 (Clipperton). - Chace, 1962: 606 (Clipperton). - Hernández Aguilera & Martínez Guzmán, 1992: 4, tab. 1 (Clarion). - Hickman & Zimmerman, 2000: 19, 22 (Galapagos). - Wicksten & Hendrickx, 2003: 60 (liste). - Poupin et al., 2007 (Clipperton new coll. det. X. Li). - EASTER ISLAND - Brachycarpus biunguiculatus - Holthuis, 1972: 33 (Easter Island, Hanga Roa; bottom rock, coral and sand, 12 m (40'). - Fransen, 1987: 509, fig. 5 (Tahai, west coast of Easter Island, 39 m, in dead coral, February 1986, 1 female 4.65 mm). - DiSalvo et al., 1988: 458, tab. 4 (Easter Island, scuba dives 15-60m, det. Holthuis & Fransen). - Udekem d'Acoz, 1999: 94 (Ecology, Distribution). - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Brachycarpus biunguiculatus - Holthuis, 1953: 55 (Raroia). - Morrison, 1954: 18 (Raroia). - Poupin, 1998: 10 (Checklist). - Li, 2008: 205 (BENTHAUS Expedition; Austral Is. Rapa I., Pointe Komire, malacologist fieldwork, stn 10, 27°34.8’S, 144°22.8’W, 16-18 m, stones with brown algae, 7.XI.2002, 2 spp., MNHN-Na 15430. - SW Pointe Gotenaonao, BENTHAUS, malacologist fieldwork, stn 27, 27°38.7’S, 144°19.2’W, 6 m, stones with algae, 14.XI.2002, 1 sp., MNHN-Na 15429). - AAMP, Marquesas, 2012, Leg 3, St. MQ19-B, Hiva Oa, 10-25 m, coll. Albenga et al., sample LC229. - Leray et al., 2012: 386, Coral Reef, Moorea, Biocode).
Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: VGI (Tortola), ICA (St Martin, St Eustatius, Barbuda, Saba, Nevis, Antigua, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Barbados), IOV (Margarita, Tortuga, Los Roques, Bonaire, Curaçao). 1-105 m. Pantropical.
Macrobrachium savignyi (Bate) - Rathbun, 1920a: 8, Bonaire [coll. J. Boeke, 1905]. - Schmitt, 1924b: 72, Curaçao [coll. C.J. van der Horst, 1920]. - Schmitt, 1924c: 83, Barbados.
Brachycarpus biunguiculatus - Schmitt, 1935: 157, Curaçao. - Holthuis, 1952: 6, Tortuga, Barbados, Curaçao [probably R/V Velero III for Curaçao]. - Chace, 1972: 18, Tortola, Barbuda, Saba Bank, Nevis, Antigua. - Rodríguez, 1980: 113, Los Roques. - Grajal & Laughlin, 1984: 223, Los Roques. - Rodríguez, 1986, tab. 2, Los Roques. - Carré, 2005: 23, Martinique. - Tagliafico et al., 2005: tab. 1, Margarita (Los Frailes). - Faasse, 2016: 52, St Eustatius. - Poupin & Corbari, 2016: in press, Guadeloupe, Karubenthos II 2015, st. DW4545, 14 June 2015, 16°30.17'N, 61°31.41'W, 82-60 m, MNHN-IU-2013-18942.
Brachycarpus biunguiculatus - Saint Martin, RNN Inventory 2012, UF32244, Photo dSTM_5917, 17/4/2012; UF32254, Photo dSTM_5971, 18/4/2012; UF32286, Photo Dstm_6270, 19/4/2012; UF32250, Photo Dstm_5979, 18/4/2012. - Guadeloupe, Karubenthos 2012, det. X. Li, st. GB09, 10 May 2012, 16°08.07'N, 61°46.71'W, 6 m, MNHN-IU- 2014-12029. - Martinique, photo in situ Y. Buske, det. J. Poupin; groupe BIOSPHERES, Novembre 2015, coll. R. Ferry & Y. Buske, det. J. Poupin.
Brachycarpus biunguiculatus - Fransen, 2023, Zootaxa: 18, Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao
French Guiana and surroundings areas: Guiana, Suriname, Brazil (Amapà)
Brachycarpus biunguiculatus – Ramos-Porto & Coelho, 1998: 329, Brazil Amapá. — Coelho et al., 2006: tab. 3, Brazil Amapá. — MNHN, Collections of Guyane 2014, French Guiana [R/V Hermano Gines: st. CP4357, 60–61 m, MNHN-IU-2016-1551, 1552, det. ?uriš Z.]. — GBIF 2022, French Guiana [same dataset].
Distribution/Habitat – Worldwide; Marine; 1–105 m.
Remark – http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/iu/2016-1551, http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/iu/2016-1552
Comment(s) on data
Comment: this is a shallow water species mostly already collected during Karubenthos 2012. This ubiquitous species is also reported herein from St Martin (coll. and photos A. Anker/G. Paulay, 17-19/04/2012, specimen UF32244, 32254, 32250, 32286).
References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)This species in Worms Database