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Decapoda - Brachyura - Ethusidae - Ethusa

Ethusa furca Chen, 1993

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World Distribution
Castro (2005: 521, Zoosystema) - Vanuatu, New Caledonia, and Loyalty Is. Depth: 350-970 m

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

Vertical range : Deep (more than 100 m) - Min-Max observed: 350-970 m

New Caledonia data
Ethusa furca -Castro, 2005: 521, Type material. — Holotype: M cl 6.0 mm, cw 5.1 mm, MUSORSTOM 6, stn CP 485 (MNHNB
21521); paratypes: M, damaged, MUSORSTOM 4, stn DW 162 (MNHN-B 18403); M, MUSORSTOM 5, stn CP 324 (IOAS). - Material examined - Vanuatu. MUSORSTOM 8, stn CP 980, 19°21.02’S, 169°25.22’E, 450-433 m, 22.IX.1994, 1 M (MNHN-B 27493). New Caledonia. MUSORSTOM 4, stn DW 162, 18°35.0’S, 163°10.3’E, 525 m, 16.IX.1985, 1 M paratype (MNHN-B 18403). Loyalty Islands. MUSORSTOM 6, stn CP 485, 21°23.48’S, 167°59.33’E, 350 m, 23.II.1989, 1 M holotype (MNHN-B 21521).

Musorstom 6 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW485 — Chen HL, Musorstom 10, 156: 315-345
Musorstom 4 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW162 — Chen HL, Musorstom 10, 156: 315-345
Musorstom 5 Nouvelle Caledonie, CP324 — Chen HL, Musorstom 10, 156: 315-345

Other data
Musorstom 8 Vanuatu, CP980 — Chen HL, Musorstom 21, 184: 425-435

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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