Decapoda - Caridea - Palaemonidae - Harpilius

Harpilius lutescens Dana, 1852

6 Illustration(s)

World Distribution
Li & Bruce (2006) - Type locality: Tongatapu Island, Tonga. Also known from the Red Sea, Egypt, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Ethiopia (Eritrea), Kenya, Zanzibar, Tanzania, Comoro Islands, Madagascar, Seychelles, Maldives, Singapore, Vietnam, Japan, Indonesia, Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland), Coral Sea, Solomon Islands, Loyalty Islands, Tonga, and Samoan Islands. Also, French Polynesia (Society Islands) and Marquesas Islands.

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

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 1-21 m

Mayotte data
Periclimenes lutescens - Bruce, 1971 : 5 (Coll. Anton Bruun, Moroni, Grande Comore, 22 novembre 1964, 6 juvéniles, 27 novembre 1964, 1 femelle, Mouninmeri, Zaoudzi, Mayotte, 23 novembre 1964, 1 mâle). - Bruce, 1976 : 6 (Comores dans la distribution avec indication que certains spécimens signalés des Comores sous P. lutescens sont en fait des Periclimenes consobrinus (De Man, 1902)). - Harpilius lutescens - Li & Bruce, 2006 : 637 (Comores dans la distribution).

Réunion data
Harpilius lutescens - Bruce, 2004 : 6 (Réunion dans la distribution).

New Caledonia data
Musorstom 6 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW431 — Li X. & Bruce A.J., Journal of Natural History 40, 11,12: 611-738. - Photos E. Tardy, 10 & 22 November 2010, st. IRD 12, 28, Koné reef New Caledonia.

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
Harpilius lutescens - Boone, 1935: 167, pl. 45 (Nuku Hiva, Tahiti). - Periclimenes lutescens - Bruce, 1976: 6 ("The species has been confused with P. consobrinus De Man, and some records need to be checked"); 1976b: 98 ("The records from Samoa, Tahiti and the Marquesas islands are in particular need of confirmation"); 1998: 40 (Key; host genera: Acropora, rarely Pocillopora, Seriatopora). - Chace & Bruce, 1993: 94, 117 (Syn.; key). - Harpilius lutescens - Li & Bruce, 2006: 687 (distribution, synonymy).

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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