Decapoda - Brachyura - Xanthidae - Paractaea

Paractaea plumosa Guinot in Sakai, 1976

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World Distribution
(Mendoza, 2023, Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos) - Indo-West Pacific: Madagascar, Christmas Island, Japan, Marshall Islands, Kiribati, Tuvalu, French Polynesia. Bathymetric range: 5-224 m. Include Glorieuses.

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

Vertical range : Shallow to deep-waters (e.g. 10-190 m) - Min-Max observed: 5-224 m

Mayotte data
Paractaea plumosa - Mendoza, 2023, Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos: 123, Glorieuses Islands. BIOMAGLO Stn DW4808, 11°30’S, 47°28’E, 219-224 m, 25 Jan. 2017, 1 male, 9.0 by 6.7 mm (MNHN-IU-2017-8809).

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
FRENCH POLYNESIA - Paractaea rufopunctata form plumosa - Guinot, 1969: 248, fig. 21 (Marutea). - Mendoza, 2023, TDSB: 126 - Type material (part) French Polynesia. Marutea, Tuamotu Archipelago, coll. Seurat, no date, 1 female, 7.4 by 5.0 mm (MNHN).

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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