Decapoda - Caridea - Palaemonidae - Hymenocera

Hymenocera picta Dana, 1852

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World Distribution
Red Sea to Hawaii and Eastern Pacific. In the Eastern Pacific, Panama (Taboga I.), Colombia (Gorgona Is.) and Oceanic Islands: Clipperton, Galapagos. According to Debelius (2001: 198-199), Hymenocera picta and H. elegans are sibling species distinct by their coloration only. Geographic distribution of each species needs to be clarified. H. elegans is Indo-West Pacific whereas H. picta is known with certainty only from central and eastern Pacific.
(Landschoff et al. 2022, WIOMS - South Africa from in situ photograph, without discussion / comparison with sibling H. elegans).

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Associated with echinoderms

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 1-20 m

New Caledonia data
Hymenocera picta - New Caledonia. Copyright Y. Gillet. Juncker & Poupin, CRISP report 2009.
Nouvelle Caledonie, PLG — Bruce AJ, Musorstom 15, 168: 197-267

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
WALLIS & FUTUNA - Juncker, 2004: 57, color photograph (Wallis & Futuna; det.. J. Poupin from photograph only). - CLIPPERTON - Hymenocera picta - Debelius, 2001: 199 (Clipperton). - Hymenocera elegans. - Allen, 1995: 61 (Clipperton) [Non H. elegans Heller, 1861]. - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Hymenocera picta Dana, 1852b: 593; 1855, pl. 39, fig. 3a-c (Raraka; "Coral reef" whithout mention of echinoderm host). - Bruce, 1982: 209 (Possibly an echinoderm associate). - Chace & Bruce, 1993: 137 (Syn.). - Poupin, 1998: 11 (Checklist). - Moorea fieldwork December 2006, in situ photograph by American students at CRIOBE research station. - Salvat & Bacchet, 2011: 232, photo, field guide 'Au Vent des Iles Ed. Tahiti - French Polynesia, most often Society (Moorea, Tahiti).

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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