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Decapoda - Stenopodidea - Spongicolidae - Spongicola

Spongicola venustus de Haan, 1844

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World Distribution
(Goy, 2023, Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos) - Madagascar, Japan, Philippines and Sarawak (Saito & Komai 2008); 120-267 m.

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Associated with sponges

Vertical range : Deep (more than 100 m) - Min-Max observed: 120-267 m

Mayotte data
Spongicola venustus - Goy, 2023, Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos: 281 - Near Glorieuses - North Madagascar. CREVETTIERE 1971 Stn CH10, 12°43’S, 48°15’E, 348-360 m, 14 Mar. 1971, male (MNHN-IU-2021-6902=Na3498). — Stn CH11, 12°40’S, 48°15’E, 375-385 m, 11 Nov. 1974, male (MNHN-IU-2021-7187 = Na3499). — Stn CH13, 12°41’S, 48°16’E, 308-314 m, 15 Apr. 1971, female (MNHN-IU-2021-6233 = Na3500). — Stn CH14, 12°43’S, 48°16’E, 245-255 m, 9 males, 12 females (4 ov.) (MNHN-IU-2021-7210=Na3501). CREVETTIERE 1972 Stn CH42 12°42’S, 48°14’E, 285-295 m, 15 Sep. 1972, 10 males, 12 females (10 ov.) (MNHN-IU-2021-6097 = Na3502).

Comment(s) on data
(Goy, 2023, Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos) - The shrimp are usually found as one mated pair in each sponge and since Euplectella glass sponges have their opening covered by a perforated lid, the shrimp are together for life

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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