Decapoda - Brachyura - Xanthidae - Cyclodius

Cyclodius drachi (Guinot, 1964)

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World Distribution
MASDEA/AfReMas (Internet) - Mer Rouge, Afrique orientale, Kenya, Somalie, Madagascar. Comprend Mayotte.
Christmas Island in Mendoza et al. (2014).

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

Vertical range : Intertidal - Min-Max observed: 0-20 m

Mayotte data
Cyclodius drachi (Guinot, 1964b)
Material Examined — Mayotte KUW 2009, st. 28, islet Mbouini, east, 3-20 m, 1 F 7.43 x 10.74 mm, MNHN B32443, MNHN-IU-2009-1205.
Other records — Phymodius drachi - Serène, 1984: 249, fig. 154, pl. XXXV D, Mayotte, intertidal, coll. A. Crosnier September 1959, 2 MM 7.1 x 10.5 and 7.6 x 11.3 mm, MNHN-B8075.
Remarks — This species confused on the field with Cyclodius ungulatus (H. Milne Edwards, 1834). Guinot (1964b) can be consulted for the differences between species affiliated to Cyclodius drachi: Cyclodius ungulatus (H. Milne Edwards, 1834), C. granulatus (Targioni-Tozzetti, 1877) and C. nitidus (Dana, 1852).
Geographic and depth ranges — IO, Red Sea, Kenya, Madagascar to Christmas Island (in Mendoza et al., 2014); intertidal, shallow subtidal.

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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