Decapoda - Caridea - Palaemonidae - Tuleariocaris

Tuleariocaris zanzibarica Bruce, 1967

3 Illustration(s)

World Distribution
Marin & Anker (2009, Crustaceana) - Tuleariocaris zanzibaricus is a widely distributed Indo-west Pacific species known from East Africa to Japan in association with Astropyga radiata, Diadema savignyi Michelin, 1845, D. setosum (Leske, 1778), Echinothrix calamaris (Pallas, 1774), and E. diadema (see Bruce, 1982).

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Associated with echinoderms

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 1-10 m

Réunion data
Tuleariocaris ?zanzibarica - Réunion, November 2014, photo in situ Nathalie Rodrigues transmitted by Philippe Bourjon, pre-det. J. Poupin.

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
Tuleariocaris zanzibarica - French Polynesia, Society, Moorea (Moorea Biocode project), see at http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=440475&one=T, photo Paulay/Anker, det probably Anker.

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

This species in Worms Database