Decapoda - Caridea - Thoridae - Lebbeus
| Lebbeus wera Ahyong, 2009 |
World Distribution
Hydrothermal vent New Zealand. Also Futuna area.
Komai et al. (2016, Zootaxa) - Futuna and previously known only from the Brothers Caldera in the Kermadec Arc, New Zealand, at depths of 1208–1336 m. The present material extends the geographical range of this species to the north and the bathymetric range to the depth of 1477 m.
Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Deep Hydrothermal vent
Vertical range : Deep (more than 100 m) - Min-Max observed: 1208-1477 m
Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
WALLIS & FUTUNA - Lebbeus wera - Boulard, 2014: 10, IFREMER Scientific Report, Futuna area 1500-1600 m, hydrothermal vent. - Komai et al., 2016: 308, DS “Nautile”, dive 1774, Kulo Lasi, Futuna, 14°56.5472’S, 177°15.0061’W, 1418 m, 11 September 2010, slurp gun, bottle 4, 1 female (cl 12.9 mm; infested by rhizocephalan), MNHN-IU-2011-2510; same data, 1 female (cl 6.9 mm), MNHN-IU-2011-5016; dive 1776, same site, 14°56.3514’S, 177°15.5777’E, 1406 m, 13 September 2010, slurp gun, bottle 4, 1 male (cl 10.0 mm), MNHN-IU-2011-3920; same data, bottle 3, 1 male (cl 10.6 mm), MNHN-IU-2011-5034; same data, bottle 4, 3 juveniles, MNHN-IU-2011-5061; dive 1777, same site, 14°56.5574’S, 177°15.0001’W, 1477 m, 13 September 2010, slurp gun, bottle 3, 1 female (cl 9.2 mm; infested by bopyrid), MNHN-IU-2011-5072.. Futuna I cruise IFREMER, 2010, R/V Atalante, DS Nautile.
Comment(s) on data
Family Thoridae Kingsley, 1878 from Komai et al. (2016, Zootaxa).
References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)This species in Worms Database