Decapoda - Brachyura - Parthenopidae - Daldorfia

Daldorfia horrida (Linnaeus, 1758)



World Distribution
(Tan & Ng, 2007: 134) - Widely reporte in the IWP, from western Indian Ocean, Madagascar, Red sea to Pacific as far as east as Hao Atoll, Tuamotu, French Polynesia. Include also, Réunion, Glorieuses Is., Seychelles, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Cocos-Keeling Is., Vietnam, Taiwan, Guam, Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Samoa, Japan. - Sublittoral (0-55 m); Hard bottom.
Sakai (ETI-CD) to 33-125 m.
Tan & Ng (2007 : Indo-ouest Pacifique de l'océan Indien, incluant Madagascar et la Mer Rouge, au Pacifique, jusqu'à la Polynésie française (Hao, Tuamotu). Les signalements à Hawaii sont sans doute faux. Comprend, Glorieuses, Réunion.

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

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 1-125 m

Mayotte data
Daldorfia horrida (Linnaeus, 1758) — Tan & Ng, 2007: 130, Glorieuses, intertidal, coll. A. Crosnier, 29 January 1971, 1 M 63.3 x 47.2 mm, MNHN. - Poupin et al., 2013c: 11 Glorieuses, 1 M (approximately 38 x 40 mm) MNHN-IU-2013-7341 (Expedition Glorieuses December 2012, st. BIO 37) — IWP, Red sea, South Africa to Japan, French Polynesia; intertidal to 125 m.
Daldorfia horrida - Poupin et al., 2022, Naturae, MNHN, https://doi.org/10.5852/naturae2022a8 : 152. - Mayotte, Passe Bouéni, carapace remains, 25/05/2019, 80 m, photo G. Barathieu
Kwd : Mesophotic, Det OK, First for Mayotte

Réunion data
Parthenope horrida - Crosnier, 1976 : 242 (Réunion, coll. P. Guézé, St Paul 50-90 m, MNHN). - Daldorfia horrida - Tan & Ng, 2007 : 130 (Réunion, La Saline les Bains, coll. H.G. Müller, janvier 1989, SMF 17993, et même spécimen que Crosnier, 1976, MNHN) - Mission Poupin, avril 2008 (D'après photographies du programme BIOTAS). - Réunion, outer reef, Saint Leu, Ravine Les Poux, photo F. Trentin.

New Caledonia data
Nouvelle Caledonie, STATION — Ng P.K.L & Richer de Forges B., Compendium of marine species from New Caledonia, Vol II7: 315-332

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
FRENCH POLYNESIA - Parthenope horrida - Nobili, 1907: 382 ("Fagatau" = Fangatau, Hao, Mangareva). - Seurat, 1934: 60 ("Fagatau" = Fangatau, Gambier, Hao). - Chabouis L. & F., 1954: 91, fig. 7 (Tahiti, Tuamotu). - Forest & Guinot, 1961: 26, fig. 14 (Tahiti); 1962: 58 (Biogeography "Tahiti-Tuamotu"). - Monteforte, 1984 : 174, annex 1, tab. a (Mataiva). - Guinot, 1985: 453 (List). - Daldorfia horrida - Sakai, 1976: 283, pl. 96, fig. 2, text-fig. 157 (Syn.). - Poupin, 1996a: 28 (Checklist). - Unpublished record, Coll. & det. G. Paulay, Tikehau, January 10, 2001, wharf substructure (FLMNH-UF 1445). - Tan & Ng, 2007: 130, figs 2, 3, 4a, 5a, 6, 7 (Tahiti, Tikehau) - Field observation, 2006, photograph by P. Bacchet, det. Bacchet/Poupin, Tahiti, outer slope at night, 1.5-15 m. - Moorea Biocode project (with a '?'). - Moorea, January 2012, coll. Franck, specimen photographed and deposited in CRIOBE collections. - Salvat & Bacchet, 2011: 247, photo, field guide 'Au Vent des Iles Ed. Tahiti - French Polynesia, most often Society (Moorea, Tahiti). - Mission CRIOBE 2014 (Moorea).

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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