Decapoda - Caridea - Pasiphaeidae - Pasiphaea

Pasiphaea japonica Omori, 1976

2 Illustration(s)

World Distribution
Komai et al. (2012: 310, Journal of Crustacean Biology) - Indo-West Pacific and known with certainty from Japan, Taiwan (northeastern and southwestern coasts), Indonesia, Réunion, Madagascar, and South Africa; mesopelagic to a bottom depth of 1098 m.

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Pelagic or bathypelagic

Vertical range : Pelagic or bathypelagic - Min-Max observed: 368-1098 m

Réunion data
Pasiphaea aff. sivado - Crosnier, 1976 : 231, Réunion [coll. P. Guézé, Le Port, casier profondeur inconnue, MNHN]. In Hayashi (1999: 298) this record corrected to P. japonica.
Pasiphaea japonica - Hayashi, 1999: 298, Réunion, Le Port, P. Guézé leg. 1 female 16.5 mm (MNHN-Na 6910) [same as Pasiphaea aff sivado - Crosnier, 1976: 231]. - Komai et al., 2012: 310, Journal of Crustacean Biology - Réunion in distribution.
Pasiphaea japonica - Réunion, mission Objectif 1000 m, 2022, coll. Thierry Mulochau, trap around 1000 m, size about 5 cm, det. from photo only (J. Poupin).

Other data
Karubar Indonesie, CP9 — Hayashi KI, Musorstom 20, 180: 267-302

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

This species in Worms Database