Decapoda - Caridea - Alpheidae - Metabeteaeus
| Metabeteaeus minutus (Witelegge, 1897) |
World Distribution
Saavedra et al. (1996) - Pacific: Marshall (10°N, 170°E) Ellice (15°S, 174°E), Easter Island (26°50'S, 109°W). - Anker (2001, Thesis: 263) - Ryukyus, Kiribati, New Caledonia, Loyalty (Lifou), Tuvalu, Tokelau, Easter Island, possibly Madagascar.
Anker (2010, Zootaxa) - Indo-West Pacific: Tuvalu: Funafuti Atoll (Whitelegge 1897); Tokelau: Fakaofo (Holthuis 1963); Kiribati, Marshall Islands: Jaluit and Arno Atolls (Banner 1957; Banner & Banner 1960; Gressitt 1961); Rapa Nui (Saavedra et al. 1996); Japan, Ryukyu Islands: Minami Daito and Miyako Islands (Miya 1996; Hayashi 1996; Komai & Fujita 2005); Loyalty Islands: Lifou (Anker 2001, 2009; present study); Indonesia, Sulawesi: Muna; Christmas Island (present study).
Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Hard bottom (rock and rubbles)
Vertical range : Intertidal - Min-Max observed: 1-5 m
New Caledonia data
Metabetaeus minutus - Anker, 2001, Thesis: 263, New Caledonia, Loyalty (Lifou), new record in MNHN. - Anker et al., 2006, Evolution, Appendix S1: 16, New Caledonia, Loyalty (Lifou), new record in MNHN. - Anker, 2010 (Zootaxa): 48, OUMNH.ZC-2010-20-010, Loyalty Islands east of New Caledonia, Lifou, Grotte de Luengoni, brackish lake at cave entrance, coll. G. Boxshall and J. Daume, 22 October 2000 (largest female parasitised by hemiarthrine bopyrid).
Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
EASTER ISLAND - Metabateaeus minutus - Saavedra et al., 1996: 117 (Easter Island, Hanga Tee; 0.7 m).
Comment(s) on data
anchialine habitats.
References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)This species in Worms Database