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Decapoda - Polychelida - Polychelidae - Willemoesia

Willemoesia leptodactyla (Thomson, 1873)

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World Distribution
Galil (2000) - Worldwide: east Atlantic and west Atlantic (Jamaica to Venezuela), Indo-West Pacific (Tasman Sea, Philippines, Bay of Bengal, Madagascar, South Africa); 2396 m (ALCOCK, 1906) - 5124 m (present work).

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Soft bottom (mud or sand)

Vertical range : Deep (more than 100 m) - Min-Max observed: 2396-5124 m

Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: ICA (off Isla de Aves), IOV (off Blanquilla, Los Roques, Bonaire, Curaçao, Aruba). 2396-5124 m. Pantropical.
Willemoesia indica - Gore, 1984: tab. 1, Venezuela basin, off Isla de Aves, Blanquilla, Los Roques, Bonaire, Curaçao, Aruba [USNS Bartlett, October-December 1981, st. 35-37, 38-40, 62, 64-65, 87, 90-92, 94, 96-97, 99 near sites P, 15°07'N, 69°22'W, 3950 m, T, 13°45'N, 67°45'W, 3950 m, and H, 13°30'N, 64°45'W, 3500 m].
Willemoesia leptodactyla - Galil, 2000: 365, same as Gore (1984) specimens, synonymy.

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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