Decapoda - Brachyura - Trapeziidae - Quadrella

Quadrella maculosa ? Alcock, 1898

2 Illustration(s)

World Distribution
Mayotte, also Japan in field guides (as ‘Q. serenei’) Minemizu (2000 : 290), Kato & Okuno (2001 : 136), 40-45 m to 85 m for Mayotte.

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Associated with corals (obligate)

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 40-85 m

Mayotte data
Quadrella ? maculosa - Poupin et al., 2022, Naturae, MNHN, https://doi.org/10.5852/naturae2022a8 : 154. - Mayotte, Passe Bateau 70-85 m, 7 mars 2020, photo G. Barathieu. Not Q. maculosa, perhaps a new species to be confirmed with examination of a specimen. This is the 'translucent' form of C. maculosa, as illustrated in Human & Deloach (2012 : 200). The 2 forms probably represent 2 distinct cryptic species
KWD - Mesophotic, Det uncertain, First for Mayotte, Associated coral, Spnov

Quadrella maculosa (translucent form) - Poupin, 2022 - Determination of mesophotic Crustacea (70-90 m) around Mayotte collected during MESOMAY3 (11/12-2021).

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

This species in Worms Database