Decapoda - Caridea - Palaemonidae - Gnathophyllum

Gnathophyllum americanum Guérin-Méneville, 1856

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World Distribution
ABRS (BD Internet), Fransen (1987: 509) - Mondial. Australian Region-Australia: New South Wales (Lower E coast), Queensland (Central E coast, Great Barrier Reef, NE coast), Tasman Sea (Elizabeth Reef). Circumtropical. Comprend, Réunion, Europa, Mayotte, premier signalement, Hawaii, Polynésie française, Ile de Pâques ; Atlantique oriental, Canaries. Libre, parfois associé aux coraux et anémones.

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

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 1-50 m

Mayotte data
Gnathophyllum fasciolatum - Fourmanoir, 1955 : 23 (Grande Comore, Mitsamiouli, 0,9 m ; coloration verte avec des lignes transversales noirâtres). - Gnathophyllum americanum - Mission KUW novembre 2009, st. 26, Platier de Mutsumbatsou, intertidal à basse mer, 1 femelle Lc 2,0 mm, Lt env. 9,5 mm (photographiée avec Lc 6,2 mm), MNHN Na16044. - Mayotte, photo Norbert Verneau, récif barrière de Moya, sous un corail mort, 1 m. Photo M. Deuss, juillet 2011, passe en S, bouée 8. - Expedition Glorieuses December 2012 (new record), st. BIO 35.

Europa data
Gnathophyllum fasciolatus Stimpson, 1860 - Dérijard, 1966 : 178 (Europa). Selon De Grave & Fransen (2011 : 311) un synonyme de G. americanum.

Réunion data
Gnathophyllum americanum - Ribes, 1978 (Réunion). - Ribes-Beaudemoulin et al., 2002 : 72 (Réunion). - Mission Poupin, avril 2008 (D'après photographie de S. Ribes).

New Caledonia data
Nouvelle Caledonie, STATION — Li X. & Bruce A.J., Journal of Natural History 40, 11,12: 611-738
Lifou 2000 Nouvelle Caledonie, 1406 — Li X. & Bruce A.J., Journal of Natural History 40, 11,12: 611-738
Nouvelle Caledonie, STATION — Monod T, Cahiers du Pacifique.

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
EASTER ISLAND - Gnathophyllum americanum - Fransen, 1987: 508, fig. 4 (Easter Island, Hanga Piku, in dead coral, in tide pool, 1987, 2 females 3.3 mm). - DiSalvo et al., 1988: 458, tab. 4 (Easter Island, scuba dives 15-60m; det. Holthuis & Fransen). - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Gnathophyllum pallidum Ortmann, 1890: 537 (Tahiti). - Gnathophyllum tridens Nobili, 1906a: 259; 1907: 365, pl. 1, fig. 4 ("Rikitea" = Mangareva). - Gnathophyllum americanum - Boone, 1935: 197, pl. 54 (Tahiti; Syn.). - Holthuis, 1949: 210 (Nobili's material; Syn.); 1953: 60 (Raroia). - Odinetz, 1983: 207 (Tahiti; in coral Pocillopora, non obligate associate). - Poupin, 1998: 10 (Checklist). - Moorea fieldwork December 2006, coll. Poupin (Papetoai lagoon, 0.1 m, fringing reef, coral rubbles), det. Poupin, specimens (MNHN) and color photograph. - Moorea Biocode project. - AAMP, Marquesas, 2012, Leg 2, St. 19, Ua Huka 20 m, sample MARQ-0337, coll. N. Evans. - Salvat & Bacchet, 2011: 232, photo, field guide 'Au Vent des Iles Ed. Tahiti - French Polynesia, most often Society (Moorea, Tahiti).

Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: VGI (St Thomas, Virgin Gorda), ICA (St Martin, Antigua, Guadeloupe, Martinique), IOV (Cubagua, Tortuga, Bonaire, Curaçao, Aruba). 1-50 m. Pantropical.
Gnathophyllum americanum - Rathbun, 1920a: 9, Bonaire, Aruba [coll. J. Boeke, 1905]. - Schmitt, 1924b: 72, Curaçao [coll. C.J. van der Horst, 1920]. - Schmitt, 1935: 166, St Thomas, Curaçao. - Schmitt, 1936: 373, Aruba [coll. P. Hummelinck, 1930]. - Chace, 1972: 53, Virgin Gorda, Antigua, Guadeloupe. - Lira, 2004: tab. 1, Tortuga. - Hernández-Ávila et al., 2007: tab. 1, Cubagua.
Gnathophyllum americanum - Martinique, 2012-2015, photo in situ, Y. Buske, det. J. Poupin. - St Martin, RNN Inventory 2012, UF32214, STM-038, Ilets de la Baie de l'Embouchure.

French Guiana and surroundings areas: Guiana, Suriname, Brazil (Amapà)
Gnathophyllum americanum – MNHN, Collections of Guyane 2014, French Guiana [R/V Hermano Gines: st. CP4380, 102–104 m, MNHN-IU-2016-1619; st. CP4384, 50–51 m, MNHN-IU-2016-1628; st. CP4408, 57 m, MNHN-IU-2016-1621; det. not indicated]. — GBIF 2023, French Guiana [From MNHN dataset].
Distribution/Habitat – Worldwide; Marine; 1–50 m.

Other data
Philippines, 12 — Li X. & Bruce A.J., Journal of Natural History 40, 11,12: 611-738

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