Decapoda - Brachyura - Xanthidae - Atergatopsis

Atergatopsis obesa (A. Milne-Edwards, 1865)



World Distribution
(Sasaki, 2022, checklist) - IWP, Zanzibar, Somalia to China Sea, Taiwan - 45-132 m.
(Mendoza, 2023, Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos) - Madagascar, Comoros - 7-107 m

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

Vertical range : Shallow to deep-waters (e.g. 10-190 m) - Min-Max observed: 7-107 m

Mayotte data
Atergatopsis obesa - Mendoza, 2023, Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos: 199 - Comoros. BIOMAGLO Stn DW4836, southeast of Moheli, 12°25’S, 43°56’E, 82-88 m, 28 Jan. 2017, 1 imm. male, 8.0 by 5.4 mm (MNHN-IU-2016-7095), Mozambique Channel

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

This species in Worms Database