Decapoda - Caridea - Acanthephyridae - Acanthephyra

Acanthephyra curtirostris Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891



World Distribution
Takeda & Hanamura (1994); Hendrick & Estrada-navarette (1989); Vereshchaka (1990) - Tropical and subtropical waters of the world oceans (including East Pacific); Seamounts Sala y Gòmez and south-western part of Nazca ridge, 21°41'S / 81°46'W). - Bathypelagic (190-5000 m). Include off Mayotte.
(Sasaki, 2019: 1189) - Worldwide, Depth about 0-5000 m.

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Pelagic or bathypelagic

Vertical range : Pelagic or bathypelagic - Min-Max observed: 0-5000 m

Mayotte data
Acanthephyra curtirostris - Crosnier, 1987 : 697 (coll. BENTHEDI, st. CH 31, 12°37,4'S, 45°25,2'E, 800 m, st. CH 90, 11°44'S, 47°30' E, 3700m, MNHN).
Glorieuses - Potential, (Sasaki, 2019: 1189) - Worldwide, Depth about 0-5000 m.

Europa data
Potential, (Sasaki, 2019: 1189) - Worldwide, Depth about 0-5000 m.

Réunion data
Potential, (Sasaki, 2019: 1189) - Worldwide, Depth about 0-5000 m.

New Caledonia data
Biocal Nouvelle Caledonie, CP69.

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
EASTER ISLAND - Acanthephyra curtirostris - Vereshchaka, 1990: 139 (Seamounts Sala y Gòmez and south-western part of Nazca ridge, 21°41'S / 81°46'W; 960-2000 m). - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Unpublished specimens in MNHN collections, det. A. Crosnier 2005, coll. MUSORSTOM 9 Expedition 1997, Eiaio I., st. CP1277, 1000-1100 m.
WALLIS & FUTUNA, CLIPPERTON - Potential, (Sasaki, 2019: 1189) - Worldwide, Depth about 0-5000 m.

Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: ICA (Guadeloupe). 0-3700 m. Pantropical.
Acanthephyra curtirostris - Poupin, 1994: 19, Guadeloupe [R/V Polka, without station number, west of Basse Terre, 1000 m, 1 sp. 15.5 mm (MNHN) dét. A. Crosnier].
Acanthephyra curtirostris - Judkins, 2014, Zootaxa, Fig. 1 - Potentially all Lesser Antilles (VGI, IOV, ICA, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St Martin, St Barthélemy), French Guiana.

French Guiana and surroundings areas: Guiana, Suriname, Brazil (Amapà)
Acanthephyra curtirostris – Chace, 1937: 111, Guyana ['off Bristish Guiana']. — Judkins, 2014, fig. 1, potentially French Guiana region [From distribution map].
Distribution/Habitat – Worldwide; Marine (pelagic, bathypelagic); 0–5000 m.

Other data
Corindon 2 Indonesie, CH281 — Cleva R, Musorstom 5, 144: 69-73
Corindon 2 Indonesie, CH280 — Cleva R, Musorstom 5, 144: 69-73
Corindon 2 Indonesie, CH220 — Cleva R, Musorstom 5, 144: 69-73

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