Decapoda - Brachyura - Leucosiidae - Myra

Myra tumidospina Galil, 2001



World Distribution
(Galil, 2001, Zool. Med. Leiden) - Fiji, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Indonesia; 35-250 m depth

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

Vertical range : Shallow to deep-waters (e.g. 10-190 m) - Min-Max observed: 35-250 m

New Caledonia data
Myra tumidospina Galil, 2001: 433 (Zool. Med. Leiden) - New Caledonia: 1 M broken, MNHN B21175, Grand Recif Sud, 22°33’S 167°04’E, 74 m depth, stn 359, xi.1984, coll. B. Richer de Forges; 1 M (29.7 mm cl), MNHN, 20°35.30’S 164°58.77’E, 227-250 m depth, BATHUS 1 stn 691, 17.iii.1993, coll. B. Richer de Forges.

Comment(s) on data
Added 2020, J. Poupin, not included in BD Oceane (probably inverted with M. fugax, not in NC), Richer & Hoffschir.

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

This species in Worms Database