Decapoda - Brachyura - Parthenopidae - Daldorfia

Daldorfia leprosa (Nobili, 1905)

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World Distribution
(Tan & Ng, 2007: 148) - Red Sea, Japan, South China Sea, Nansha Is., Indonesia, Guam, French Polynesia (Society, Tuamotu).
Tan & Ng (2007 : 148) - Indo-ouest Pacifique. Mer Rouge, Seychelles (Aldabra), Indonésie, Guam, Polynésie française. Comprend Mayotte, premier signalement.

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Soft bottom (mud or sand)

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 0-30 m

Mayotte data
Daldorfia leprosa (Nobili, 1905)
Material examined — Mayotte KUW 2009, st. 23, Choizil pass, 'Patate à Teddy', 15-30 m, 1 M 13 x 17.4 mm, MNHN B32424, MNHN-IU-2009-1186; st. 25, Islet M'tzamboro, southern tip, 15-20 m, 1 M 16 x 22 mm, 1 juv. 6.4 x 8.5 mm, MNHN B32425, MNHN-IU-2009-1187.
Remarks — These specimens were determined by using characters in Tan & Ng (2007). Sternal pit in male is deep with reticulated pattern, this pattern being reduced in largest specimen (M 16 x 22 mm, MNHN-IU-2009-1187).
Geographic and depth ranges — Red Sea, Mayotte (this work), Madagascar to Japan, French Polynesia; intertidal to 30 m.

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
Daldorfia leprosa - Tan & Ng, 2007: 140, fig. 18, 19 (Moorea, Rangiroa, 6-25 m, coll. G. Paulay).

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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