Decapoda - Caridea - Alpheidae - Metabeteaeus

Metabeteaeus mcphersonae Anker, 2010



World Distribution
Anker (2010, Zootaxa) - French Polynesia only (Society Is., Moorea).

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

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 13-17 m

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
Metabetaeus mcphersonae Anker, 2010: Project Biocode Moorea (November 2009) - Holotype: ovigerous female (cl 3.0 mm, tl 8.1 mm), FLMNH UF Arthropoda 23247, French Polynesia, Society Islands, Moorea, in front of Hilton Hotel, 149.84247 W, 17.47564 S, depth: 13-17 m, fore-reef, digging and fanning of coarse sand and small-sized rubble, collector S. McPherson (processed by A. Anker), 5 December 2009 (fcn BMOO 9789). Paratypes: 1 male (cl 2.1 mm, tl 6.3 mm), FLMNH UF Arthropoda 23249 (fcn BMOO 9791); 1 ovigerous female (cl 2.8 mm, tl 8.3 mm, dissected), FLMNH UF Arthropoda 23250 (fcn BMOO 9788); 1 ovigerous female (cl 2.4 mm, tl 7.1 mm), FLMNH UF Arthropoda 23248 (fcn BMOO 9790); all same collection data as for holotype.

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

This species in Worms Database