Decapoda - Brachyura - Xanthidae - Alainodaeus

Alainodaeus bertrandi Mendoza, 2023



World Distribution
(Mendoza, 2023, Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos) - Western Indian Ocean. Madagascar, Mozambique Channel. Bathymetric range: 346-600 m.

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

Vertical range : Deep (more than 100 m) - Min-Max observed: 346-600 m

Mayotte data
Alainodaeus bertrandi Mendoza, 2023, Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos: 130, Holotype: Mayotte. BIOMAGLO Stn CP4849, northwest of Mayotte, 12°34’S, 44°55’E, 402-392 m, 30 Jan. 2017, female, 8.7 by 6.5 mm (MNHN-IU-2017-387). Paratypes: Geyser Bank. BIOMAGLO Stn DW4790, 12°22’S, 46°25’E, 360-375 m, 22 Jan. 2017, 1 male, 6.4 by 4.9 mm, 1 female, 9.1 by 6.7 mm (MNHN-IU-2017-8813). — Stn DW4788, 12°22’S, 46°25’E, 346-349 m, 22 Jan. 2017, 1 male, 6.2 by 4.5 mm (MNHN-IU-2016-6898). Mayotte. BIOMAGLO Stn CP4845, west of Mayotte, 12°46’S, 44°58’E, 460-473 m, 30 Jan. 2017, 1 female, 8.1 by 5.7 mm (MNHN-IU-2017-382). Comoros. BIOMAGLO Stn DW4842, southwest of Moheli, 12°23’S, 43°33’E, 420-388 m, 29 Jan. 2017, 1 female, 7.4 by 5.5 mm (ZRC 2022.0105, ex-MNHN-IU-2017-594). Glorieuses Islands. BIOMAGLO Stn DW4812, 11°29’S, 47°29’E, 417-390 m, 25 Jan. 2017, 1 male, 6.1 by 4.8 mm (MNHN-IU-2017-469). (near Glorieuses) North Madagascar. MIRIKY Stn DW3231, West of Nosy-Bé, 13°24’S, 47°57’E, 435-600 m, 3 Jul. 2009, female (with thompsoniid externae), 5.9 by 4.3 mm (MNHN-IU-2010-1629).

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