Decapoda - Brachyura - Epialtidae - Samadinia

Samadinia pygaeus Lee, Richer de Forges & Ng, 2023



World Distribution
(Lee et al., 2023, Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos) - Mayotte (Geyser Bank), Comoros (Moheli). 360-521 m.

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

Vertical range : Deep (more than 100 m) - Min-Max observed: 360-521 m

Mayotte data
Samadinia pygaeus Lee, Richer de Forges & Ng, 2023, Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos: 341, near Mayotte - Holotype: Geyser reefs. BIOMAGLO Stn DW4790, 12°21’S, 46°24’E, 360-375 m, 22 Jan. 2017, male (7.2 × 4.9 mm) (MNHN-IU-2017-8804). Paratypes: Same data as holotype, 3 ovigerous female (7.5 × 5.3 mm, 6.3 × 5.1 mm, 6.4 × 4.8 mm) (MNHN-IU-2021-7227). Comoros. BIOMAGLO Stn DW4831, Southeast Moheli, 12°27’S, 43°53’E, 512-521 m, 28 Janv. 2017, 1 female (7.4 × 5.1 mm) (MNHN-IU-2017-510).

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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