Decapoda - Achelata - Scyllaridae - Galearctus

Galearctus kitanoviriosus (Harada, 1962)



World Distribution
Holthuis (2002) - Japan, Taiwan, New Caledonia, Fiji. New Caledonia, only for specimens in shallow waters (others are G. avulsus; see Yang et al., 2011).

Environnement : Marine - Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 8-15 m

New Caledonia data
Beryx 11 Nouvelle Caledonie, CP22 — Holthuis LB, Zoosystema 24, 3: 499-683
Beryx 11 Nouvelle Caledonie, CP26 — Holthuis LB, Zoosystema 24, 3: 499-683
Beryx 11 Nouvelle Caledonie, CP23 — Holthuis LB, Zoosystema 24, 3: 499-683
Halical 1 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW2 — Holthuis LB, Zoosystema 24, 3: 499-683
Halipro 1 Nouvelle Caledonie, CP851 — Holthuis LB, Zoosystema 24, 3: 499-683
Bathus 1 Nouvelle Caledonie, CP711 — Holthuis LB, Zoosystema 24, 3: 499-683
Lagon 4 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW248 — Holthuis LB, Zoosystema 24, 3: 499-683
Lithist Nouvelle Caledonie, CP17 — Holthuis LB, Zoosystema 24, 3: 499-683
Volsmar Nouvelle Caledonie, DW39 — Holthuis LB, Zoosystema 24, 3: 499-683
Smib 3 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW14 — Holthuis LB, Zoosystema 24, 3: 499-683

Other data
Bordau 1 Fidji, CP1474 — Holthuis LB, Zoosystema 24, 3: 499-683
Bordau 1 Fidji, CP1501 — Holthuis LB, Zoosystema 24, 3: 499-683
Taiwan, STATION — Holthuis LB, Zoosystema 24, 3: 499-683

Comment(s) on data
Yang, Chen & Chan (2011) - Galearctus avulsus n. sp. appears to be restricted to waters deeper than 200 m, while G. kitanoviriosus is distributed in less than 100 m deep. For the New Caledonia and Chesterfield Islands material assigned by Holthuis (2002) to “G. kitanoviriosus” and deposited at MNHN, all but one specimen are actually G. avulsus n. sp. and they were all collected from 230-680 m deep. Only the specimen registered as MNHN-Pa 775 (New Caledonia) is truly G. kitanoviriosus, and it is the only one collected from shallow water (8-15 m).

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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