Decapoda - Anomura - Munididae - Raymunida
| Raymunida vittata Macpherson, 2009 |
World Distribution
(Macpherson et al., 2023, Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos) - Western Pacific Ocean, from New Caledonia and Vanuatu to Japan, at 32-194 m. Mozambique, Madagascar, Mozambique Channel, at 60-277 m.
Macpherson (2009, Zoosystema) - Vanuatu, 32-118 m. Osawa (2012, Zootaxa) - Japan, Ryukyu, 95.5-123 m
Plus WIO, Glorieuses in MNHN det. (MNHN-IU-2016-6949, st. DW4793, 94-122 m, MNHN-IU-2016-6899, st. CP4796, 80-147 m) Macpherson, Mayotte tentative det Poupin from photo, 80 m.
Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Associated with corals (facultative)
Vertical range : Shallow to deep-waters (e.g. 10-190 m) - Min-Max observed: 32-277 m
Mayotte data
Raymunida vittata - Coll. Alis, BIOMAGLO, MNHN collection with photos, det. E. Macpherson, unpublished (MNHN-IU-2016-6949, st. DW4793, 94-122 m, MNHN-IU-2016-6899, st. CP4796, 80-147 m).
Raymunida vittata - Poupin et al., 2022, Naturae, MNHN, https://doi.org/10.5852/naturae2022a8 : 148. - Mayotte, Passe Bateau, 22/06/2019, 70-81 m, photo G. Barathieu. More or less same color pattern with white and red bands in the chelipeds and white band along each branchial margin of carapace; fingers of chelae longer than palm. Compared with type photo in MNHN-IU-2014-7256, and two color photos from Glorieuses/BIOMAGLO, much probable (J. Poupin and E. Macpherson pre-det)..
KWD - Mesophotic, Det OK, First for Mayotte, First Indian
Raymunida ?vittata - November 2022, new photos from G. Barathieu, 115-120 m, CORCOMA station, Mayotte, 12°52.964’S - 45°16.557’E (-12.882733, 45.275950), det. J. Poupin.
Raymunida vittata - Macpherson, Rodríguez-Flores & Machordom, 2023, Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos: 366 - Mozambique Channel. Stn DW3168, 26º12’S, 35º03’E, 90 m, 16 Apr. 2009: 3 M 5.0-7.5 mm (MNHN-IU-2014-13554, 17498). North Madagascar. MIRIKY Stn CP3205, 12° 37’S, 48° 26’E, 60-63 m, 29 Jun. 2009: 1 M 9.6 mm (MNHN- IU-2010-101). Glorieuses Islands. BIOMAGLO Stn DW4796, 11°27’S, 47°21’E, 80-147 m, 23 Jan. 2017: 1 ov. F 7.7 mm (MNHN-IU-2016-6899). Phillipines. MUSORSTOM 3 Stn DR 117, 12º31’N, 120º39’E, 92-97 m, 3 June 1985: 1 M 5.8 mm (MNHN-IU-13915). Vanuatu. SANTO Stn AT88, 15º31.9’S, 167º15’E, 87-115 m, 12 Oct. 2006: 1 M 4.7 mm, 1 F 6.4 mm (MNHN-IU-18206). Solomon Islands. SALOMONBOA Stn DW2840, 10º25’S, 161º22’E, 121-180 m, 22 Sep. 2007: 1 ov. F 5.6 mm (MNHN-IU-13443). Papua-New Guinea. MADEEP Stn DW4313, 9º49’S, 151º34’E, 105-175 m, 3 May 2014: 1 M 6.6 mm, 2 F 1.4-8.4 mm (MNHNIU-2015-532). — Stn DW4316, 9º49’S, 151º34’E, 3 May 2014, 150-180 m: 1 M 6.0 mm (MNHN-IU-2016-5796). With these comment for color: The holotype of R. vittata and additional material from the western Pacific (Macpherson 2009; Osawa 2012)have the ground colour of the carapace and abdomen orange-red, with some wide white bands along the dorsal surface of the carapace. The P1 has with white and red bands, being the distal portion of the fingers white. The P2-P4 are red, without white bands. The pattern observed in the specimens from the Mozambique Channel is similar, although the distal portion of the fingers is reddish.
References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)This species in Worms Database