Decapoda - Brachyura - Oziidae - Epixanthus

Epixanthus corrosus A. Milne-Edwards, 1873

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World Distribution
MASDEA/AfReMas (Internet) - Mer Rouge, Comore, Madagascar, Maurice. Comprend Mayotte.
Sakai (Internet ETI) - to Japan, China, Taiwan, New Caledonia

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

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 0-5 m

Mayotte data
Epixanthus corrosus A. Milne-Edwards, 1873
Material examined — Mayotte KUW 2009, st. 10, east Islet "Quatre frères, Vatou", intertidal, 2 MM 5.4 x 9.6 and 9.7 x 16 mm, MNHN B32435, MNHN-IU-2009-1197 (photo at st. 10, 1 sp. 8.2 x 14,2 mm probably the 9.7 x 16 mm or st. in error for st. 26) ; st. 26, Mutsumbatsou reef flat, intertidal, low tide, 1 M 8.2 x 14.2 mm, MNHN B32436, MNHN-IU-2009-1198.
Other records — Epixanthus corrosus - Guinot, 1958c: 276, Mayotte, 1 F 6 x 4 mm MNHN. - Guinot, 1967: 270, list, with Mayotte. - Crosnier, 1984 : 307, pl. XLVI A, fig. 224-225, Mayotte, Madagascar, Mer Rouge, Maurice, MNHN.
Distribution — IWP, Red Sea, Mayotte to Japan, New ; intertidal to subtidal.

New Caledonia data
Nouvelle Caledonie, STATION — Edwards AM, Nouv Arch MNHN 8: 229-267

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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