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Decapoda - Brachyura - Latreilliidae - Eplumula

Eplumula australiensis (Henderson, 1888)

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World Distribution
Castro et al. (2003: 607, Zoosystema) - Eastern and southeastern Australia as far north as off Moreton Bay, southeastern Queensland (P. Davie pers. comm.) and as far south as Bass Strait between Victoria and Tasmania. Also known from the southwestern coast of Western Australia and the northern coast of North Island, New Zealand. It is here recorded from Western Australia and New Caledonia for the first time. Depth: 55-300 m.

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

Vertical range : Deep (more than 100 m) - Min-Max observed: 241-300 m

New Caledonia data
Eplumula australiensis - Castro et al., 2003: 606, Zoosystema, New Caledonia. MUSORSTOM 5, stn 288, 24°04.8’S, 159°38.8’E, 270 m, 10.X.1986, 3 MM, 1 F (MNHN-B 28107). — Stn 289, 24°01.5’S, 159°38.4’E, 273 m, 10.X.1986, 1 M (MNHN-B 28108). BATHUS 2, stn CP 728, 22°47.11’S, 167°28.11’E, 241-245 m, 12.V.1993, 1 ovig. F (MNHN-B 28109). BATHUS 3, stn CH 801, 23°39’S, 158°00’E, 270-300 m, 27.XI.1993, 1 M (MNHN-B 28319).

Musorstom 5 Nouvelle Caledonie, CP288 — Castro P, Zoosystema 25, 4: 601-634
Bathus 3 Nouvelle Caledonie, CH801 — Castro P, Zoosystema 25, 4: 601-634
Bathus 2 Nouvelle Caledonie, CP728 — Castro P, Zoosystema 25, 4: 601-634
Musorstom 5 Nouvelle Caledonie, CP289 — Castro P, Zoosystema 25, 4: 601-634

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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