Decapoda - Caridea - Pandalidae - Heterocarpus

Heterocarpus amacula Crosnier, 1988

2 Illustration(s)

World Distribution
New Caledonia, French Polynesia. Deep (250-800m, mostly 450-650m).

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

Vertical range : Deep (more than 100 m) - Min-Max observed: 250-800 m

New Caledonia data
Musorstom 6 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW488.
Musorstom 5 Nouvelle Caledonie, CP389 — Crosnier A.
Musorstom 5 Nouvelle Caledonie, CC383 — Crosnier A.
Biocal Nouvelle Caledonie, CP52 — Crosnier A.

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
Heterocarpus ensifer - Manac'h & Carsin, 1985: 473 (Moruroa and/or Fangataufa). - Crosnier, 1986a: 362 (Moruroa, Tahiti, Tubuai). - Poupin, 1988: 27, fig. 2, 5 (Moruroa) - All not H. ensifer A. Milne Edwards = H. amacula sp. nov. in Crosnier (1988; some sp. are H. parvispina de Man). - Heterocarpus amacula Crosnier, 1988: 72, fig. 4a, pl. 1b, 2h (Tubuai, Moruroa; coll. Frv Marara, fr). - Heterocarpus amacula - Poupin et al., 1990: 15, 56, fig. 5, 6, 7, 12, pl. 1c (French Polynesia). - Poupin & Richer de Forges, 1991: 211, fig. 1 (French Polynesia). - Poupin, 1996b: 6, pl. 2h (Fangataufa, Gambier, Moruroa, Rapa, Tahiti, Tubuai; 250-800m); 1998: 26 (Checklist).

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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