Decapoda - Brachyura - Geryonidae - Ovalipes

Ovalipes elongatus Stephenson & Rees, 1968

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World Distribution
Boyko & Liguori (2014: 565, Pac. Sc.) - Lord Howe Island, Kermadec, Islands (Parker et al. 1998), New Zealand, (Morrisey et al. 2007, Inglis et al. 2008), Easter Island.

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

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 1-20 m

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
EASTER ISLAND - Ovalipes trimaculatus. - DiSalvo et al., 1988: 466, tab. 4 (Easter Island, scuba dives 15-60m, "Attenuated slope"; det. J. Garth). - Not O. trimaculatus = Ovalipes elongatus Stephenson & Rees, 1968 - Boyko & Liguori, 2014: 565, Pac. Sc., Easter Island, usnm 1226910, 1 female (63.4 by 51.6 mm),
Anakena, coll. C. B. Boyko and S. Reanier, 30 August 1999.

Comment(s) on data
See Evans (2018, PeerJ) for classification of this genus in the Geryonidae

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

This species in Worms Database