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Decapoda - Brachyura - Pinnotheridae - Tunicotheres

Tunicotheres moseri (Rathbun, 1918)

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World Distribution
Felder et al. (2009) - 1-6 m. Ga? W Fla, Jam (also Venezuela in note 441).

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Associated with ascidian

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 1-6 m

Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: IOV (Margarita). 1-6 m. WA.
Pinnotheres moseri - Hernández & Bolaños, 1995: 78, Margarita [Description of the male].
Tunicotheres moseri - Bolaños et al., 2004: 374, Margarita [in host tunicate, Phallusia nigra]. - Tagliafico et al., 2005: tab. 1, Margarita (Los Frailes). - Palacios Theil et al., 2009: 450, tab. 1, Margarita. - Palacios Theil et al., 2016: 7, tab. 2, Margarita.

Comment(s) on data
Bolaños et al. (2004: 374) - Thirty-two ovigerous females were collected between 1995 and 2001, all from the atrial cavity of the host tunicate, Phallusia nigra, in Laguna La Restinga, Isla de Margarita, Venezuela.

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

This species in Worms Database