Decapoda - Brachyura - Carupinae - Laleonectes

Laleonectes kuriya Mendoza & Devi, 2017



World Distribution
Mendoza & Devi (2017, Zootaxa) - presently known only from Réunion and from the southwestern coast of India, from depths of at least 100 m.
(Koch & Bližnáková, 2023, Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos) - Madagascar (143 m), Réunion Island north of La Possession, India – Muttam coast, Tamil Nadu, southwest India (Mendoza & Devi, 2017) - 100-250 m

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

Vertical range : Deep (more than 100 m) - Min-Max observed: 100-250 m

Réunion data
Portunus nipponensis - Crosnier & Thomassin, 1974 : 1106 (Réunion, coll. P. Guézé, nord de la Possession décembre 1972, casier 250 m, MNHN). - Crosnier, 1976 : 250 (Réunion, d'après Crosnier & Thomassin, 1974). - Laleonectes nipponensis - Crosnier & Moosa, 2002 : 395 (Distribution et comparaison avec L. stridens de Polynésie). - Poupin, 2008: 76, Réunion, list. - Poupin, 2009: 128, same - All not L. nipponensis but L. kuriya Mendoza & Devi, 2017.
Laleonectes kuriya Mendoza & Devi, 2017: 220, Réunion Is., same specimen (holotype) than Crosnier & Thomassin (1974).

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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