Decapoda - Brachyura - Homolidae - Homologenus

Homologenus broussei Guinot & Richer de Forges, 1981

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World Distribution
French Polynesia only, Society (Tahiti), ?Austral, ?Marquesas

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

Vertical range : Deep (more than 100 m) - Min-Max observed: 800-1025 m

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
Homologenus broussei Guinot & Richer de Forges, 1981: 551, fig. 1c, 3e, 4j, 7a, pl. 5, fig. 2-2a-c ; 1995: 477, fig. 66f (Tahiti; 1025m). - Guinot, 1985: 449 (List). - Poupin, 1996a: 97 (Checklist). - Unpublished specimens in MNHN collection: coll. MUSORSTOM 9, 1997, stn CP1262, Marquesas, Ua Pou, 850-905 m, det. only from photograph J. Poupin; coll. BENTHAUS Expedition 2002, det. J. Poupin October 2006, Rurutu, Avera, st. DW1997, 700-1350 m, 1 Male 11.4x7.1 mm, stn CP1891, Rapa, 800-850 m (det. only from photograph). - Specimen from st. DW1997 was compared carefully with other specimens of this species in MNHN. It is morphologically close and can be confused with two other species, H. levii and H. wallis, both from Guinot & Richer de Forges, 1995.

Other data
Polynesie, D1 — Guinot D & Richer de Forges B, Musorstom 13, 163: 283-517

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This species in Worms Database