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Decapoda - Brachyura - Goneplacidae - Carcinoplax

Carcinoplax abyssicola (Miers, 1886)

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World Distribution
Fidji

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

Vertical range : Deep (more than 100 m) - Min-Max observed: 567-576 m

Other data
Challenger H.M.S Fidji, 173 — Guinot D, Musorstom 5, 144: 265-345
NOTE com. Castro May 2012, French Polynesia from TARASOC
Carcinoplax abyssicola - Det. P. Castro, MNHN May 2012, from TARASOC campaign, to be formally published.
Carcinoplax abyssicola - TARASOC 2009, st. CP3376, 646-737 m, Kaukura - Paris MNHN-IU-2011-5233
Carcinoplax abyssicola - TARASOC 2009, st. CP3458, 573-611 m, Raiatea - Paris MNHN-IU-2011-4183
Carcinoplax abyssicola - TARASOC 2009, st. DW3451, 440-490 m, Raiatea - Paris MNHN-IU-2011-4018
Carcinoplax abyssicola - TARASOC 2009, st. DW3495, 796-859 m, Tahiti - Paris MNHN-IU-2011-3976
French Polynesia (Det. P. Castro, MNHN May 2012, Tarasoc campaign).
Corrected into C. uncinata pour MNHN-IU-2011-5233 au moins (mail Castro 11/06/2019)

Comment(s) on data
Carcinoplax abyssicola and the species related to C. specularis so far extend east as far as Tonga. The only species of Carcinoplax east of Tonga and found in French Polynesia are two small-size species, C. velutina Castro, 2007 and C. uncinata Castro 2009. Carcinoplax velutina is also found in Vanuatu, New Caledonia, and Fiji (Castro, 2007); C. uncinata in New Caledonia and Solomon Islands (Castro, 2009). Carcinoplax uncinata is herein recorded from French Polynesia for the first time (male, 8.8 × 11.4 mm, TARASOC, stn CP3376, Tuamotu Archipelago, 15º41?S, 146º54?W, 646-737 m, 10.1V.2009, MNHN-IU-2011-5233).

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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