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Decapoda - Anomura - Galatheidae - Phylladiorhynchus

Phylladiorhynchus acastus Rodriguez-Flores, Macpherson & Machordom, 2021

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World Distribution
(Rodríguez-Flores, Macpherson & Machordom, 2021, Zootaxa) - Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, Chesterfield Islands and New Caledonia, from 150 to 600 m.

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Hard bottom (rock and rubbles)

Vertical range : Deep (more than 100 m) - Min-Max observed: 150-600 m

New Caledonia data
Phylladiorhynchus acastus Rodríguez-Flores, Macpherson & Machordom, 2021, Zootaxa: 9 - New Caledonia, Chesterfield - Holotype. Chesterfield Islands, EBISCO Stn CP2507, 24.7167°S, 159.7167°EE, 286 m, 7 October 2005: ov. F 2.4 mm (MNHN-IU-2014-13796). Paratypes. Chesterfield Islands. EBISCO Stn CP2493, 24.7333°S, 159.71667°E, 285–545 m, 6 October 2005: 1 ov. F 3.1 mm (MNHN-IU-2019-2692).— KANADEEP Stn CP4930, 25.1333°S, 159.9167°E, 300 m, 3 September 2017: 1 M 2.1 mm (MNHN-IU-2017-2521).—Stn CP4934, 25.0667°S, 159.91667°E, 290–300 m, 3–4 September 2017: 2 M 2.4–3.0 mm, 2 ov. F 2.2–2.9 mm (MNHN-IU-2017-2529).—Stn DW4940, 25.4833°S, 159.8167°E, 310–320 m, 4 September 2017: 1 M 2.6 mm, 1 F 2.1 mm (MNHN-IU-2017-2634). Chesterfield Islands. EBISCO Stn DW4943, 25.4167°S, 159.8500°E, 300–310 m, 4 September 2017: 3 M 2.4–2.9 mm (MNHN-IU-2017-2646). - Chesterfield Islands. EBISCO Stn CP4953, 24.1667°S, 159.6833°E, 270–320 m, 5 September 2017: 1 M 1.9 mm, 1 broken (MNHN-IU-2019-2688). New Caledonia. LIFOU Stn 1648, 20.9017°S, 167.0550°E, 150–200 m, 7 November 2000: 1 M 1.7 mm (MNHN- IU-2019-2676).

Comment(s) on data
Phylladiorhynchus acastus closely resembles to P. argus, from French Polynesia, New Caledonia and Chesterfield Islands, and P. paula, from the southwestern Indian Ocean.

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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