Decapoda - Brachyura - Majidae - Cyclax

Cyclax spinicinctus Heller, 1861



World Distribution
Sakai (2004 - CD) - Indo-ouest Pacifique. Mer Rouge, golfe d'Aquaba, Elat, golfe de Suez, Aden, Afrique orientale, Madagascar, Chine, Japon, Nouvelle-Calédonie, Samoa.
Kenya de F & G (1961) - E. Afrique, 50 milles sud de Mombasa, H. COPLEY coll. : i 9 (16,2 X 15 mm). (B. M.).

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

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 0-5 m

Mayotte data
Cyclax spinicinctus Heller, 1861
Material examined — Mayotte KUW 2009, coll. J.-M. Bouchard mli11, st. 26, Mutsumbatsou reef, intertidal, 1 F juv. 11.2 x 8.2 mm, MNHN B32535, MNHN-IU-2009-1295.
Remarks — A photograph of this crab and drawings of orbital region is in Forest & Guinot (1961, pl. VI, fig. 3; fig. 7, 8). Cyclax suborbicularis (Stimpson, 1858) can be confonded with C. spinicinctus. Characters useful to tell the two species apart are in Forest & Guinot (1961: 15).
Geographic and depth ranges — IWP, Red Sea, Kenya, Mayotte (this work) to Japan, Samoa; shallow subtidal.

New Caledonia data
Cyclax spinicinctus - Juncker & Poupin (2009: 55, n°599, CRISP Report) - Profondeur : lagon / Source : Cette compilation, d’après la référence en Nouvelle-Calédonie de Cyclomaia margaritata A. Milne-Edwards, 1872, synonyme de Cyclax spinicinctus Heller.

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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