Decapoda - Brachyura - Leucosiidae - Arcania

Arcania septemspinosa (Fabricius, 1787)



World Distribution
(Galil & Ng, 2023, Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos) - Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Persian Gulf, Arabian Sea, South Africa, Madagascar, Mozambique Channel, India, Gulf of Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia, Australia, Vanuatu, Fiji (Galil 2001a).

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

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 22-52 m

Mayotte data
Arcania septemspinosa - Galil & Ng, 2023, Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos: 65 - Near Glorieuses, North Madagascar. MIRIKY Stn CP3203, S Cap Saint-Sebastien, 12°35.92’S, 48°35.22’E, 50-52 m, 29 June 2009, 17 males 8.6-16.6 mm, 21 females 7.6-12.8 mm (MNHN-IU-2016-3723), 1 ovigerous female 11.8 mm (MNHN-IU-2010-25). – Stn CP3272, between Majunga and Cap Saint-Andre, 12°29.74’S, 46°5.52’E, 22-27 m, 12 July 2009, 1 female 20.0 mm (MNHN-IU-2010-878).

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