Decapoda - Axiidea - Axiidae - Manaxius

Manaxius paullus Komai & Anker, 2020

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World Distribution
(Komai & Anker, 2020, Zootaxa) - Presently known only from two distant localities, viz. Society Islands, French Polynesia, and Ryukyu Islands, Japan; presumably more widely distributed in the western Pacific Ocean. 2-7 m

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

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 2-7 m

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
FRENCH POLYNESIA - Manaxius paullus Komai & Anker, 2020: 508, Type material. Holotype: FLMNH-UF 16344, female (pocl 3.5 mm), French Polynesia, Society Islands, Moorea, between Cook’s Bay and Sheraton Hotel, 17.4764°S, 149.8327°W, depth 4–7 m, outer reef slope, inside dead coral head (Acropora sp.), 10 November 2008, coll. S. McKeon & J. Moore (extracted by A. Anker & S. Ivanenko).

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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