Decapoda - Caridea - Palaemonidae - Harpiliopsis

Harpiliopsis spinigera (Ortmann, 1890)

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World Distribution
Li & Bruce (2006) - Type locality: Samoa. Also known from Kenya, Zanzibar, Comoro Islands, Seychelles, La Réunion, Maldives, Andaman Islands, Vietnam, Philippines, Indonesia, Australia (Queensland), New Caledonia, Fiji, Marshall Islands, and, in the eastern Pacific , Panama and Colombia. Plus French Polynesia, Galapagos, Clipperton.
Li (2008 : 207) - Indo-Pacifique. Afrique orientale, Kenya, Zanzibar, Comores, Seychelles, Réunion, Maldives, Andaman, Vietnam, Philippines, Indonésie, Australie, Nouvelle-Calédonie, Samoa, Fidji, Marshall, Polynésie française au Pacifique oriental, Panama, Colombie. 0-20 m. Comprend Mayotte.

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Associated with corals (obligate)

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 0-22 m

Mayotte data
Harpiliopsis spinigera - Li & Bruce, 2006 : 637 (Comores dans la distribution). - Mayotte, Mission KUW novembre 2009, st. 14, Banc de La Prudente, 15-17 m, 1 mâle Lc 4,0 mm, 1 femelle ov. Lc 5,0 mm, Lt env. 22 mm, Lt avec pinces 31 mm (étiquette terrain 'Harpiliopsis moucheté', photo Lc 5, Lt 31 mm), MNHN Na16037, dét. X. Li.

Réunion data
Harpiliopsis spinigera - Bruce, 1983 : 166 (Réunion, d'après des récoltes de Ribes).

New Caledonia data
Nouvelle Caledonie, STATION — Li X. & Bruce A.J., Journal of Natural History 40, 11,12: 611-738

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
CLIPPERTON - Harpiliopsis spinigera - Poupin et al., 2007 (Clipperton new record from X. Li det.). - Li & Poupin, 2009: 590, Journal of Crustacean Biology, same material, Clipperton. -
FRENCH POLYNESIA - Harpiliopsis spinigera - Chace & Bruce, 1993: 82 (Syn.; key). - Fransen, 1994: 108, fig. 60, 62, pl. 2b (Syn.). - Bruce, 1998: 39 (Key; host genera: Pocillopora, Stylophora). - Poupin, 1998: 14 (Checklist; coll. Frv Marara, J. Poupin October 1995, February 1996, and April-May, 1997, det. A.J. Bruce (Fangataufa MNHN Na13401, Hiva Oa, Moruroa; in coral Pocillopora). - Li, 2008: 206 (Marquesas Is. Atuona Bay, Hiva Oa, 14.II.1996, coll. J. Poupin, 1 M, 1 ovig. F MNHN-Na 13355; Same data, associated with Pocillopora spp., 15.II.1996, 2 FF(1 ovig.) MNHN-Na 16031, Tuamotu Is. Mururoa, 2-3 m, X.1995, coll. J. Poupin, 2 ovig. FF, 1 juvenile F MNHN Na 14819; Fangataufa, coll. J. Poupin, 4.V.1997, 3 juveniles (2 MM, 1 F) MNHN-Na 13401).

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