Decapoda - Caridea - Palaemonidae - Onycocaris

Onycocaris amakusensis cf. Fujino & Miyake, 1969



World Distribution
Marin (2015) - For Onycocaris amakusensis - Western Indian Ocean to Australia, Vietnam, Japan, perhaps French Polynesia, Moorea (17/18 m)

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Associated with sponges

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 1-18 m

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
FRENCH POLYNESIA - Onycocaris cf. amakusensis - Marin, 2015: 300, Moorea [1 male (pcl. 1.4 mm), UF: Arthropoda: 15675 (BMOO-2993), Pacific Ocean, French Polynesia, Society Islands, Moorea, off E of Opunohu pass, 17.4817, 149.8558, MIB_040, at Shark Feeding buoy, outer reef slope, sandy and reef
slope, from rubble, 17–18 meters, coll. S. McKeon, J. Moore, G. Paulay, 16.10.2008. (15675 DNA subsample) (color photo – http://biocode.berkeley.edu/cgi/biocode_img_query? enlarge=4444+4444+1009+0962); Moorea Biocode Project].

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

This species in Worms Database