Decapoda - Brachyura - Xanthidae - Leptodius
| Leptodius affinis (De Haan, 1835) |
World Distribution
Lee et al. (2013: 196, The Raffles Bulletin) - Eastern Indian Ocean and in the western and central Pacific Ocean, ranging from the eastern coast of India all the way to the oceanic islands of French Polynesia; extending northward to central Japan and southward to southwestern and southeastern Australia
Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Associated with corals (facultative)
Vertical range : Intertidal - Min-Max observed: 0-6 m
New Caledonia data
Leptodius exaratus - Nouvelle Caledonie, STATION — Edwards AM, Nouv Arch MNHN 8: 229-267. - Leptodius affinis - Lee et al., 2013: 193, The Raffles Bulletin, New Caledonia – 2 males (15.8 × 10.5 mm, 17.0 × 11.4 mm), 2 females (18.3 × 12.8 mm, 17.4 × 11.4 mm; MNHN-B8631), coll. Balansa, no date; all previous records of L. exaratus in New Caledonia are attributed to L. affinis.
Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
Leptodius exaratus - Boone, 1934: 110, pl. 58 (Nuku Hiva). - Forest & Guinot, 1962: 64 (Biogeography "Tahiti-Tuamotu, ?Marquesas"). - Serène, 1984: 183, fig. 106, pl. 26a (Syn.). - Guinot, 1985: 450 (List). - Poupin, 1996a: 48 (Checklist). - Xantho exaratus - Holthuis, 1953: 27 (Raroia). - Morrison, 1954: 7 (Raroia). - Buitendijk, 1960: 331, fig. 9k-m (Society). - Not Leptodius exaratus (H. Milne Edwards) - Nobili, 1907: 389 = Leptodius leptodon nov. in Forest & Guinot (1961: 65) synonym of L. davaoensis fide Takeda (1980: 318). - Unpublished sp., coll. BENTHAUS Expedition (Poupin, Richer, Warén), November 16, 2002, Raevavae, seashore (1 sp. in MNHN), Rapa, Haurei Bay (coll. Warén), November 8, 2002 (2 spp. in MNHN), prov. det. J. Poupin November 25, 2003. - Leptodius affinis - Lee et al., 2013: 192, The Raffles Bulletin, all previous records of L. exaratus in French Polynesia are attributed to L. affinis.
Comment(s) on data
In the Pacific, previous records of L. exaratus are attributed to L. affinis since 2013, cf. Lee et al. (2013: 196, The Raffles Bulletin).
References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)This species in Worms Database