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Decapoda - Axiidea - Axiidae - Eiconaxius

Eiconaxius agassizi (Bouvier, 1905)

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World Distribution
Felder et al. (2009) - S Fla, Yuc, Cuba, Carib., 183-1574 m.
Poore (2018, Zootaxa) - USA, Cuba, Mexico, Jamaica, Martinique, Dominica, Grenada, Barbados; Caribbean Sea; Straits of Florida; 183–1574 m depth

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Associated with sponges

Vertical range : Deep (more than 100 m) - Min-Max observed: 183-1574 m

Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: ICA (Dominica, Martinique, Barbados, Grenada). 183-1574 m. WA.
Eiconaxius agassizi Bouvier, 1905: 803, Antilles [R/V Blake].
Axius (Eiconaxius) agassizi - Bouvier, 1925: 460, Dominica, Martinique, Barbados, Grenada [R/V Blake, st. 95, 502 brasses, st. 190, 542 brasses, st. 260, 291 brasses, st. 266, 461 brasses, st. 288, 399 brasses].
Eiconaxius agassizi - Sakai & de Saint Laurent, 1989: 20, Martinique, Barbados [coll. R/V Blake in MNHN]. - Poupin, 2018: 132 (list). - Poore, 2018, Zootaxa: 140, revision of Caribbean species of Eiconaxius [MCZ CRU-11948 (1). Martinique, 919 m (502 fm) (Blake stn 95), MNHN IU-2014-12079 (Th173) (male). Dominica, 15.3°N, 61.4°W, 992 m (Blake stn 190), MCZ CRU-11949 (ovigerous female). Grenada, 12.1°N, 61.8°W, 533 m (Blake stn 260), MCZ CRU-11965 (male). Grenada, 12.1°N, 61.8°W, 844 m (Blake stn 266), MCZ CRU-11964 (ovigerous female). Barbados, 13.2°N, 59.8°W, 730 m (Blake stn 288), MCZ CRU-11950 (3), MNHN IU-12078 (Th174) (2 remain of 3 males, 2 females)].

Comment(s) on data
Bouvier (1905: 804), E. agassizi 'peut prendre gîtes dans les cavités aquifères des éponges siliceuses'
Eiconaxius Bate, 1888 is a genus of axiid shrimps exclusively associated with deep-sea hexactinellid sponges

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

This species in Worms Database