Decapoda - Caridea - Pandalidae - Heterocarpus

Heterocarpus laevigatus Bate, 1888

12 Illustration(s)

World Distribution
Crosnier (1988); Hanamura & Takeda (1987); Poupin (1994, 1996, 1998); Burukovsky (1990) - Worldwide: Western and Eastern tropical Atlantic; Indo-West Pacific: Indian Ocean, New Caledonia, Northwest Australia, Japan, Hawaii, French Polynesia; Seamounts Sala y Gòmez and south-western part of Nazca ridge, 23°26'-25°33' S - 83°20'-98°14' W - Deep (302-1156 m) - Mostly 500-800 m.

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

Vertical range : Deep (more than 100 m) - Min-Max observed: 400-1050 m

Réunion data
Heterocarpus laevigatus - Crosnier, 1976 : 234 (Réunion, coll. P. Guézé, Le Port, casier 500-630 m, MNHN). - Crosnier, 1988 : 74 (Réunion, coll. Marion Dufresne, MD32 plusieurs stations, 580-955 m, MNHN). - Coll. Programme ARVAM et al., septembre 2008 (A. Barrère, J.-P. Quod), pêche au casier à la Réunion 150-400 m, dét. J. Poupin (suite mission Poupin, avril 2008). - Réunion - Program BIOLAVE, ARVAM, J.-P. Quod, photos.

New Caledonia data
Musorstom 4 Nouvelle Caledonie, CP242.
Musorstom 5 Nouvelle Caledonie, CC384 — Crosnier A.
Beryx 11 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW39.
Beryx 11 Nouvelle Caledonie, CP60.
Beryx 11 Nouvelle Caledonie, CP58.
Beryx 11 Nouvelle Caledonie, CP32.
Beryx 11 Nouvelle Caledonie, CH33.
Volsmar Nouvelle Caledonie, CAS3.

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
EASTER ISLAND - Heterocarpus laevigatus - Burukovsky, 1986: 62 (Sala y Gòmez; and cf. Crosnier, 1988: 75, 26° S - 105° W). - Burukovsky, 1990: 199 (Seamounts Sala y Gòmez and south-western part of Nazca ridge, 23°26'-25°33' S - 83°20'-98°14' W; 300-800 m). - Parin et al., 1997: 162, tab. 3 (List of Decapoda for the Nazca and Sala y Gòmez submarine ridges). - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Heterocarpus laevigatus - Crosnier, 1986a: 362 (Tahiti, Tubuai; coll. Frv Marara, fr); 1988b: 74 (Tubuai). - Poupin et al., 1990: 16, 37, fig. 5, 6, 7, 9, pl. 1e (French Polynesia). - Poupin, 1996b: 8, pl. 3b (Bellingshausen = Motu One, Fangataufa, Gambier, Huahine, Marquesas, Moruroa, Rapa, Tubuai; 410-1050m); 1998: 27 (Checklist).
Heterocarpus laevigatus - TARASOC 2009, st. CP3329, 755-840 m, Mont 'Otaha - Paris MNHN-IU-2011-4105

Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: western and eastern Atlantic, Indo-West Pacific (Crosnier, 1988; Poupin, 1994). Lesser Antilles, ICA (Guadeloupe, Martinique). 302-1156 m, mostly 500-800 m. Pantropical.
Heterocarpus laevigatus - Paulmier, 1993: 15, Guadeloupe, Martinique [Trap 725-1000 m]. - Paulmier & Gervain, 1994: 10, tab. 2, Martinique [R/V Polka, deep trap]. - Poupin, 1994: 22, Guadeloupe [R/V Polka, 550-1000 m, det. A. Crosnier (MNHN)]. - Gervain et al., 2002: 14, Guadeloupe [R/V Polka, trap 836-1015 m].
Heterocarpus laevigatus - Guadeloupe, Karubenthos II 2015, field det. J. Poupin, st. CP4619, 25 June 2015, 16°20.98'N, 60°45.96'W, 774-643 m, MNHN-IU-2013-19090.

Other data
Fidji, STATION — King MG, Crustaceana 47, TTTT: 180-185
Polynesie, STATION — XXXX, Crustaceana 47, TTTT: 180-PPFF

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