Decapoda - Brachyura - Xanthidae - Actaeodes

Actaeodes tomentosus (H. Milne Edwards, 1834)



World Distribution
(Serène, 1984: 135) - IWP, from Red Sea to Hawaii and South Africa to Australia, Japan. This includes Wallis & Futuna, French Polynesia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, South Africa, Madagascar, Seychelles, Comores, Mayotte, Europa, Glorieuses, Réunion, Maurice, Maldives, Laccadives, Andaman, Taiwan, China, Japan, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Fidji, Samoa, Salomon.

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

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 0-6 m

Mayotte data
Actaeodes tomentosus (H. Milne Edwards, 1834)
Material Examined — Mayotte KUW 2009, st. 26, Mutsumbatsou reef flat, intertidal, low tide, 1 M juv. 6.8 x 10.7 mm, checked September 2011, MNHN B32285, MNHN-IU-2009-1103.
Other records — Actaea tomentosa - Lenz, 1910: 549, Mayotte. - Guinot, 1958a: 87, Mayotte, 1 F 17 x 11 mm, MNHN. - Guinot, 1967: 260, list with Mayotte. - Actaeodes tomentosus - Serène, 1984 : 134, fig. 78, pl. XVIII A, Glorieuses, Island du Lys, intertidal, coll. A. Crosnier 29 January 1971, 1 M 11 x I7 mm, 4 FF largest 13.5 x 20 mm MNHN-B6582. - Coll. Anker & Michonneau, 2008, Mayotte, st. MAY08-St1, Mbouanasta, UF13559. - Poupin, 2016 : 50, Juan de Nova (Expedition Juan de Nova December 2013, reef-block, 1 M 12.2 x 18.7 mm, st. 17, MNHN-IU-2013-16098; 1 M juv. 5.4 x 7.9 mm, st. 12, MNHN-IU-2013-16102).
Geographic and depth ranges - IWP, Red Sea, South Africa to Hawaii, French Polynesia, intertidal, subtidal.

Europa data
Actaea tomentosa - Fourmanoir, 1954: 11, Europa. - Dérijard, 1966 : 168, Europa. - Guinot, 1967 : 260, liste, avec Europa. - Poupin et al., 2013 : 10, liste avec Europa.

Réunion data
Actaeodes tomentosus - Peyrot-Clausade, 1977 : annexe, p. 25 (Réunion). - Ribes, 1978 : 126 (Réunion). - Mission Poupin, avril 2008 (St. 8, Etang Salé ; photographies J. Poupin, S. Ribes, MNHN).

New Caledonia data
Nouvelle Caledonie, STATION — Edwards AM, Nouv Arch MNHN 8: 229-267

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
WALLIS & FUTUNA - Actaeodes tomentosus - Poupin & Juncker, in preparation (Alofi, Wallis). - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Actaeodes tomentosus - Heller, 1865: 17 (Tahiti). - Guinot, 1976: 244, fig. 38d, 41c, pl. 15, fig. 1, 1a (Syn.); 1985: 450, with a ? (List). - Serène, 1984: 134, 137 (Syn.). - Poupin, 1996a: 43 (Checklist). - Actaea tomentosa - Sendler, 1923: 37 (Makatea). - Forest & Guinot, 1962: 66 (Biogeography "Tahiti-Tuamotu").

Comment(s) on data
Serène (1984: 135) Indo-ouest Pacifique. C'est sans doute l’espèce la plus commune sur le récif de corail accessible à pied à marée basse.

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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