Decapoda - Brachyura - Leucosiidae - Praebebalia
| Praebebalia madagascariensis Galil, 2001 |
World Distribution
(Galil & Ng, 2023, Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos) - Known only from Madagascar (Galil 2001d). - (185-240 m in Galil, 2001)
Also Mayotte region (Leven Bank and near Glorieuses) - 244-433 m
Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Soft bottom (mud or sand)
Vertical range : Deep (more than 100 m) - Min-Max observed: 185-433 m
Mayotte data
Praebebalia madagascariensis - Galil & Ng, 2023, Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos: 92 - North Madagascar. MIRIKY Stn DW3211, between Nosy-be and Bank Leven, 12°32’S, 47°52’E, 244-300 m, 30 June 2009, 2 males 7.9, 7.4 mm (MNHN-IU-2010-898), 1 female 8.6 mm (MNHN-IU-2016-3724). – Stn DW3215, between Nosy-Be and Bank Leven, 12°32’S, 47°54’E, 316-433 m, 30 June 2009, 1 male 8.7 mm, 1 ovigerous female 8.1 mm (MNHN-IU-2010-904), 1 male 9.6 mm (MNHN-IU-2010-38). – Stn DW3234, W Nosy-Be, 13°27’S, 47°55’E, 187-247 m, 03 July 2009, 1 male 10.8 mm (MNHN-IU-2010-894).
Galil, 2001, JCB: 267 - Near Glorieuses, Leven Bank, North of Madagascar - Material examined.—Holotype: 1 m (9.3 mm CL) (MNHN B18614), Madagascar, 12°40.2?S, 48°18.0?E, 185–190 m, 1.08.1973, coll. A. Crosnier. Paratypes: 1 m (8.6 mm CL), 2 ff (6.9, 5.8 mm CL), 1 ovi. F (7.3 mm CL) (MNHN B18618), 12°40.0?S, 48°18.0?E, 185–205 m, 1.08.1973, coll. A. Crosnier. Other specimens: 1 f ovi. (8.3 mm CL) (MNHN B19738) 12°36.0?S, 48°17.3?E, 300 m, 11.10.1974, coll. A. Crosnier; 1 m (8.9 mm CL) (MNHN B19731), 12°41.3?S, 48°16.7?E, 215–235 m, 1.08.1973, coll. A. Crosnier; 9 mm (7.4–9.2 mm CL), 14 ff (5.1–7.6 mm CL), 4 juvs (MNHN B18613), 12°40.0?S, 48°18.0?E, 185–205 m, 1.08.1973, coll. A. Crosnier; 3 mm (8.3–9.6 mm CL), 2 ff (5.4, 7.0 mm CL), 1 juv. (MNHN B18616), 12°38.5?S, 48°16.5?E, 240 m, 11.04.1974; 3 mm (8.3–9.6 mm CL), 1 f (8.0 mm CL) (MNHN B18617), 12°38.5?S, 48°16.5?E, 240 m, 11.04.1974; 1 juv. (MNHN B18615), 12°40.2?S, 48°18.0?E, 185–190 m, 1.08.1973, coll. A. Crosnier.
References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)This species in Worms Database