Decapoda - Brachyura - Ethusidae - Ethusa

Ethusa hawaiiensis Rathun, 1906

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World Distribution
Castro (2005: 523, Zoosystema) - Known from the Hawaiian Is and now from Vanuatu and French Polynesia, Marquesas. Depth: 200-440 m (Fig. 34); also collected in a trawl from 97-386 m (Rathbun 1906).
(Castro, 2020, TDSB 31) - New Guinea and New Caledonia. 200-790 m

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

Vertical range : Deep (more than 100 m) - Min-Max observed: 200-790 m

New Caledonia data
Ethusa hawaiiensis - Castro, 2020 (TDSB 31), New Caledonia, Norfolk Ridge. TERRASSES Stn DW3092, terrasses SE, 22°06’S, 167°03’E, 190-200 m, 1 male (MNHN-IU-2011-4364).

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
Ethusa hawaiiensis - Castro, 2005: 523, fig. 9, 10, 33b, French Polynesia. Marquesas Islands, MUSORSTOM 9, stn DW 1146, 09°19’S, 140°06’W, 200 m, 22.VIII.1997, 1 M (MNHN-B 28552), 1 M (MNHN-B 28553). — Stn DR 1198, 09°50’S, 139°09’W, 290-320 m, 28.VIII.1997, 1 ovig. F (MNHN-B 28550). — Stn CP 1268, 07°56’S, 140°43’W, 285-320 m, 4.IX.1997, 3 FF (MNHN-B 28551).
Ethusa hawaiiensis - Castro, 2020 (TDSB 31) French Polynesia. TARASOC Stn DW3374, Kaukura Isl., Tuamotus, 15°39’S, 146°54’W, 703-790 m, 1 male (MNHN-IU-2011-4306). – Stn DW3407, Maupity Isl., Society Is, 16°32’S, 152°31’W, 445-645 m, 1 male (MNHN-IU-2011-3889). – Stn DW3441, between Raiatea and Tahaa, Society Is., 16°43’S, 151°26’W, 350-360 m, 1 ovigerous female (MNHN-IU-2011-4495).

Other data
Musorstom 8 Vanuatu, CP963 — Castro P, Zoosystema 27, 3: 499-600

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