Decapoda - Brachyura - Eriphiidae - Eriphia

Eriphia smithii MacLeay, 1838

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World Distribution
Guinot (1967 : 271), Koy & Ng (2008 : 345) - Océan Indien occidental seulement. Mer Rouge, Afrique orientale, Afrique du Sud, Kenya, Mozambique, Europa, Madagascar, Glorieuses, Seychelles. Comprend Mayotte, premier signalement.

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

Vertical range : Intertidal - Min-Max observed: 0-5 m

Mayotte data
Eriphia smithii MacLeay, 1838
Material examined — Mayotte KUW 2009, st. 2, Littoral, between Trévani beach to Kangani mangrove, 1 M 34.2 x 44.5 mm, MNHN B32413, MNHN-IU-2009-1175; st. 26, Mutsumbatsou reef flat, 1 M 14.6 x 19.4 mm, photo, MNHN B32415, MNHN-IU-2009-1177; st. 26b, Mutsumbatsou reef flat, coll. J. -M. Bouchard, 3 August 2008, 1 F ov. 25 x 33 mm, MNHN B32414, MNHN-IU-2009-1176.
Other records — Eriphia laevimanus var. smithii - Miers, 1884: 535, Glorieuses (coll. Coppinger, HMS Alert, deposited in BM.). - Lenz, 1910 : 552, Europa. - Eriphia smithi - Guinot, 1967 : 271 List with Glorieuses. - Poupin et al., 2013c: 11, Expedition Glorieuses December 2012, st. BIO 37. - Poupin, 2016: 50, Expedition Juan de Nova December 2013, intertidal, st1 (nr), st4, very common, st5, st8 (photo in situ).
Remarks — Eriphia smithii resembles E. sebana but can be separated by the aspect of the outer face of the chela, tuberculated in E. smithii versus smooth in E. sebana. In addition it was observed on the field that the eyes of E. smithii are pale yellow while these are bright red in E. sebana. A revision of the shore crabs of the genus Eriphia is in Koh & Ng (2008).
Distribution — WIO, Red Sea, South Africa to Seychelles, Madagascar; intertidal to subtidal.

Europa data
Eriphia laevimanus var. smithii - Lenz, 1910 : 552 (Ile Europa). - Eriphia sebana smithi McLeay (sic). - Guinot, 1967 : 271 (Liste, avec Europa). - Europa, BIOTAS collections, specimen MEPA-00255, st EURO-11, dét. J. Poupin d'après photo.

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