Decapoda - Brachyura - Christmaplacidae - Christmaplax

Christmaplax aff. mirabilis Naruse & Ng, 2014

6 Illustration(s)

World Distribution
Mayotte.

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

Vertical range : Shallow to deep-waters (e.g. 10-190 m) - Min-Max observed: 75-75 m

Mayotte data
Christmaplax aff. mirabilis - 2026, Mayotte, in cave, 70 m, photo DBE, Gaby Barathieu. Probably a new endemic species affiliated to C. mirabilis described from marine cave in Christmas Island, 5 m.

Comment(s) on data
See also related genus Harryplax in Mendoza JCE, Ng PKL (2017) Harryplax severus, a new genus and species of an unusual coral rubble inhabiting crab from Guam (Crustacea, Brachyura, Christmaplacidae). ZooKeys 647: 23–35. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.647.11455

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

This species in Worms Database