Decapoda - Caridea - Acanthephyridae - Meningodora
| Meningodora mollis Smith, 1882 |
World Distribution
Chace (1986); Vereshchaka (1990) - Atlantic: off Oregon and western and eastern North and South Atlantic; Indian Ocean, off South and eastern Africa; South China sea; east Pacific between the Galapagos and Panama; Seamounts Sala y Gòmez and south-western part of Nazca ridge, 21°41'S / 81°46'W). - Bathypelagic - Mesopelagic
(Sasaki, 2019: 1238) - Worldwide, Depth about 0-5000 m.
Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Pelagic or bathypelagic
Vertical range : Pelagic or bathypelagic - Min-Max observed: 0-5000 m
Mayotte data
Meningodora mollis - Sasaki, 2019: 1238 - Worldwide, Depth about 0-5000 m, probably off Mayotte, Glorieuses
Europa data
Meningodora mollis - Sasaki, 2019: 1238 - Worldwide, Depth about 0-5000 m, probably off Europa
Réunion data
Meningodora mollis - Sasaki, 2019: 1238 - Worldwide, Depth about 0-5000 m, probably off Réunion
New Caledonia data
Meningodora mollis - Sasaki, 2019: 1238 - Worldwide, Depth about 0-5000 m, probably off New Caledonia
Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
EASTER ISLAND - Meningodora mollis - Vereshchaka, 1990: 139 (Seamounts Sala y Gòmez and south-western part of Nazca ridge, 21°41'S / 81°46'W; 960-2000 m).
WALLIS & FUTUNA, FRENCH POLYNESIA, CLIPPERTON - Meningodora mollis - Sasaki, 2019: 1238 - Worldwide, Depth about 0-5000 m, probably off these places
Lesser Antilles data
Meningodora mollis - Judkins, 2014, Zootaxa, Fig. 2 - Potentially all Lesser Antilles (VGI, IOV, ICA, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St Martin, St Barthélemy), French Guiana.
Meningodora mollis - Sasaki, 2019: 1238 - Worldwide, Depth about 0-5000 m, probably off Lesser Antilles, French Guiana
French Guiana and surroundings areas: Guiana, Suriname, Brazil (Amapà)
Meningodora mollis – Judkins, 2014: fig. 2 potentially French Guyana region Brazil Amapá [From distribution map].
Distribution/Habitat – Worldwide; Marine (pelagic, bathypelagic); 0–5000 m.
Comment(s) on data
Remark – No formal observation in Guianas but its presence is most probable because of collections in the nearby Atlantic and wide pelagic distribution in the oceans.
References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)This species in Worms Database