Decapoda - Astacidea - Enoplometopidae - Enoplometopus

Enoplometopus gracilipes (de Saint Laurent, 1988)



World Distribution
West Pacific: New Caledonia (Loyalty Islands). - South central Pacific: French Polynesia, Austral Islands (Rimatara, Rurutu, Tubai), Society Islands (Bora Bora, Tupaï); Tuamotu Islands (Fangataufa, Moruroa). ? Japan. Deep distribution: 125-300 meters.

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

Vertical range : Deep (more than 100 m) - Min-Max observed: 125-280 m

New Caledonia data
Nouvelle Caledonie, PR1-R3 — Poupin J, Zoosystema 25, 4: 643-664

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
Hoplometopus gracilipes de Saint Laurent, 1988: 62 (Moruroa; coll. Frv Marara, fr). - Poupin et al., 1990: 16, pl. 2h. - Poupin & Richer de Forges, 1991: 211. - Poupin, 1996a: 95 (Checklist); 1996b: 14, pl. 6c (Bora Bora, Fangataufa, Moruroa, Rimatara, Rurutu, Tubai, Tupaï; 125-280m). - Enoplometopus gracilipes - Poupin, 2003: 646, fig. 4-5 (same specimens). - Remark: ten specimens of this 'rare' species trapped in the same station in front of Rurutu!

Other data
Marara Polynesie, 147 — Poupin J, Zoosystema 25, 4: 643-664
Marara Polynesie, STATION — Poupin J, Zoosystema 25, 4: 643-664

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