Decapoda - Caridea - Crangonidae - Aegaeon

Aegaeon rathbuni De Man, 1918

3 Illustration(s)

World Distribution
Chace (1984); Burukovsky (1990) - Indonesia; Hawaii; Seamounts Sala y Gòmez and south-western part of Nazca ridge, 25°04' S - 97°26' W - Deep (11-536 m).
(Kim & Chan, 2020, TDSB 31) - Indo-West Pacific: Zanzibar, Madagascar, Indonesia, Taiwan, Japan, Southwestern Australia, New Caledonia and Hawaii; at depths of 11 m to at least 809 m. Recorded for the first time in Papua New Guinea, at depths of 120-823 m.

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

Vertical range : Deep (more than 100 m) - Min-Max observed: 11-920 m

New Caledonia data
Biogeocal Nouvelle Caledonie, CP290 — Chan TY, Musorstom 15, 168: 269-336
Musorstom 4 Nouvelle Caledonie, CP236 — Chan TY, Musorstom 15, 168: 269-336
Musorstom 4 Nouvelle Caledonie, CP199 — Chan TY, Musorstom 15, 168: 269-336
Musorstom 4 Nouvelle Caledonie, CP180 — Chan TY, Musorstom 15, 168: 269-336
Biocal Nouvelle Caledonie, CP45 — Chan TY, Musorstom 15, 168: 269-336
Biocal Nouvelle Caledonie, CP52 — Chan TY, Musorstom 15, 168: 269-336
Biocal Nouvelle Caledonie, CP78 — Chan TY, Musorstom 15, 168: 269-336
Musorstom 4 Nouvelle Caledonie, CP238 — Chan TY, Musorstom 15, 168: 269-336
Biocal Nouvelle Caledonie, DW44 — Chan TY, Musorstom 15, 168: 269-336
Biocal Nouvelle Caledonie, DW46 — Chan TY, Musorstom 15, 168: 269-336
Chalcal 2 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW74 — Chan TY, Musorstom 15, 168: 269-336
Chalcal 2 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW75 — Chan TY, Musorstom 15, 168: 269-336
Lagon 12 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW1062 — Chan TY, Musorstom 15, 168: 269-336
Musorstom 4 Nouvelle Caledonie, CP169 — Chan TY, Musorstom 15, 168: 269-336
Biocal Nouvelle Caledonie, DW33 — Chan TY, Musorstom 15, 168: 269-336
Biogeocal Nouvelle Caledonie, DW307 — Chan TY, Musorstom 15, 168: 269-336
Musorstom 4 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW162 — Chan TY, Musorstom 15, 168: 269-336
Musorstom 5 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW305 — Chan TY, Musorstom 15, 168: 269-336
Musorstom 6 Nouvelle Caledonie, CP464 — Chan TY, Musorstom 15, 168: 269-336
Chalcal 2 Nouvelle Caledonie, CC1 — Chan TY, Musorstom 15, 168: 269-336
Chalcal 2 Nouvelle Caledonie, CC2 — Chan TY, Musorstom 15, 168: 269-336
Chalcal 2 Nouvelle Caledonie, CP21 — Chan TY, Musorstom 15, 168: 269-336
Smib 3 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW1 — Chan TY, Musorstom 15, 168: 269-336
Smib 3 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW5 — Chan TY, Musorstom 15, 168: 269-336

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
EASTER ISLAND - Pontocaris rathbuni - Burukovsky, 1990: 209 (Seamounts Sala y Gòmez and south-western part of Nazca ridge, 25°04' S - 97°26' W; 300-500 m). - Parin et al., 1997: 163, tab. 3 (List of Decapoda for the Nazca and Sala y Gòmez submarine ridges). - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Aegaeon rathbuni - coll. Marquesas MUSORSTOM 9 campaign, det. T. Komai (in prepartion, 'well represented in the collection'); BENTHAUS Expedition, Tubuai Island, stn CP1965, trawl 500-1200 m, -prov. det. J. Poupin from photograph only and T. Komai information.
Aegaeon rathbuni - TARASOC 2009, st. CP3376, 646-737 m, Kaukura - Paris MNHN-IU-2011-4072
Aegaeon rathbuni - TARASOC 2009, st. CP3376, 646-737 m, Kaukura - Paris MNHN-IU-2011-4199

Other data
Siboga exp Indonesie, 89 — Chan TY, Musorstom 15, 168: 269-336
Karubar Indonesie, CP5 — Chan TY, Musorstom 15, 168: 269-336
Karubar Indonesie, CP12 — Chan TY, Musorstom 15, 168: 269-336
Albatross Indonesie, D5661 — Chan TY, Musorstom 15, 168: 269-336
Karubar Indonesie, CP35 — Chan TY, Musorstom 15, 168: 269-336
Karubar Indonesie, CP20 — Chan TY, Musorstom 15, 168: 269-336
Karubar Indonesie, CP16 — Chan TY, Musorstom 15, 168: 269-336
Taiwan, STATION — Chan TY, Musorstom 15, 168: 269-336

Comment(s) on data
11 m as minimum depth is questionable? Usually deeper than 100 m.

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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