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Decapoda - Axiidea - Axiidae - Spongiaxius

Spongiaxius nusai Poore, 2020

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World Distribution
(Poore, 2020, TDSB 31) - Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia; 140-500 m depth.

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Soft bottom (mud or sand)

Vertical range : Deep (more than 100 m) - Min-Max observed: 140-500 m

New Caledonia data
Spongiaxius nusai Poore, 2020: 350 (TDSB 31), New Caledonia. VOLSMAR Stn DW16, New Hebrides Arc, Mont Vauban, 22°25’S, 171°41’E, 420-500 m, female, 5.8 mm (MNHN-IU-2014-22777). MUSORSTOM 4 Stn DW183, Grand Passage, 19°02’S, 163°26’E, 280 m, female, 5.0 mm (MNHN-IU-2014-22776), male, ovigerous female, 4.8 mm (MNHN-IU-2014-22779). MUSORSTOM 6 Stn DW406, NW of Lifou, 20°40’S, 167°06’E, 373 m, male, 5.0 mm (MNHN-IU-2014-22778). Coral Sea. MUSORSTOM 5 Stn DW339, Chesterfield Plateau, 19°53’S, 158°38’E, 380-395 m, female, 4.0 mm (MNHN-IU-2014-22780). Fiji. MUSORSTOM 10 Stn CP1349, SE of Viti Levu, 17°31’S, 178°39’E, 244–252 m, female, 6.3 mm (MNHN-IU-2014-22786).

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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