Decapoda - Brachyura - Xanthidae - Euxanthus

Euxanthus exsculptus (Herbst, 1790)

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World Distribution
Indo-ouest Pacifique. Mayotte, Maurice, Sri Lanka, Andaman, Mergui, Indonésie, Taiwan, Chine (Paracel), Vietnam, Taiwan, Japon, Philippines, Australie, Nouvelle-Calédonie, Fidji, Samoa, Polynesie française (Tahiti, Gambier).
Sakai (2004 - CD) - Indo-ouest Pacifique. Maurice, Sri Lanka, Andaman, Mergui, Indonésie, Taiwan, Chine (Paracel), Vietnam, Taiwan, Japon, Philippines, Australie, Nouvelle-Calédonie, Fidji, Samoa, Polynesie française (Tahiti, Gambier).

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Hard bottom (rock and rubbles)

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

Mayotte data
Euxanthus exsculptus (Herbst, 1790)
Material examined — Mayotte KUW 2009, st. 21b, islet Choizil, east, Malandzamiayatsini, 15-20 m, 1 M 9.0 x 13.7 mm (9.0 x 14.0 on field label, photo, MNHN B32293, MNHN-IU-2009-1111, re-examined July 2011.
Other records — Poupin et al., 2013c: 11, Glorieuses - Expedition Glorieuses December 2012 (new record), st. BIO 33 (carapace). - Poupin, 2016: Expedition Juan de Nova December 2013, reef-block, st11 (carapace) (nr).
Geographic and depth ranges — IWP, Mayotte (this work), Juan de Nova, Mauritius to Japan, Guam, French Polynesia; subtidal to 15-20 m.

New Caledonia data
Nouvelle Caledonie, STATION — Edwards AM, Nouv Arch MNHN 8: 229-267

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
Euxanthus exsculptus var. rugosus - Nobili, 1907: 389 (Mangareva) not Euxanthus rugosus Miers, 1884 = E. exsculptus fide Guinot-Dumortier (1960b: 170). - Euxanthus exsculptus - Guinot-Dumortier, 1960b: 169, pl. 1, fig. 4, pl. 2, fig. 10, pl. 6, fig. 36-37, pl. 8, fig. 42-47 ("Rikitea" = Mangareva). - Forest & Guinot, 1962: 62 (Biogeography "Tahiti-Tuamotu"). - Monteforte, 1984: 170, annex 1, tab. a; 1987: 9 (Moorea). - Serène, 1984: 86, fig. 48, pl. 11b (Tahiti). - Guinot, 1985: 450 (List). - Poupin, 1996a: 41 (Checklist) - Relevant material - ? Euxanthus sp. ind. juv. - Peyrot-Clausade, 1977a, annex of the species: 26 (Moorea); 1977b: 212 (Moorea). - Guinot, 1985: 450 (list). - Moorea Biocode project. - AAMP, Marquesas, 2012, Leg 2, St. 20, Ua Huka, tide-pool, coll. N. Evans, det. J. Poupin. - Salvat & Bacchet, 2011: 251, photo, field guide 'Au Vent des Iles Ed. Tahiti - French Polynesia, most often Society (Moorea, Tahiti). - Mission CRIOBE 2014 (Moorea), collection, Moorea, 1982 coll. Monteforte, det. Forest, also dry collection, exuvia.

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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