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Decapoda - Caridea - Palaemonidae - Ascidonia

Ascidonia miserabilis (Holthuis, 1951)

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World Distribution
Felder et al. (2009) - 1-30 m. GMx, PRico, Antil, Carib–Col?

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Associated with ascidian

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 1-30 m

Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: ICA (Antigua, Guadeloupe, Martinique), IOV (Los Roques). 1-30 m. WA.
Pontonia miserabilis - Chace, 1972: 40, Antigua. - Rodríguez, 1986, tab. 2, Los Roques. - Fransen, 2002: 227, Antigua, Martinique [English Harbor, Charlotte Point; 2.iv.1956; Smithsonian-Bredin Expedition, station 73-56 (cf. Chace, 1972: 40)].— USNM 135609: 1 male; Leeward Islands, Antigua Island, English Harbor, Dockyard sea wall; 29.iv.1959; Smithsonian-Bredin Expedition, station 105-59 (cf. Chace, 1972; 40).— MNHN: 1 ovigerous female, pocl. 2.7 mm; Martinique, port de Case Pilote; depth 0.1 m; in Ascidia interrupta Heller, 1878; 1986; leg. F. & Cl. Moniot.— MNHN: 1 female, pocl. 1.6 mm; Martinique, Pointe des Salines; depth 1 m; in Ascidia interrupta Heller, 1878; 1986; leg. F. & Cl. Monniot. - Fransen, 2006: 715, Guadeloupe [in Ascidia interrupta Heller, 1878, 1 male pocl. 1.7 mm; 1 ovigerous female pocl. 1.7 mm (MNHN-Na 8228)]

Comment(s) on data
Fransen (2002: 236, Zool. Verh.) - Until now the host-species was not known. It is now recorded for the first time as Ascidia interrupta Heller, 1878.

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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