Deep-water decapod crustaceans studied with a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia (Crustacea: Decapoda)
Author
Poupin, Joseph
Author
Corbari, Laure
Author
Pérez, Thierry
Author
Chevaldonné, Pierre
text
Zootaxa
2012
3550
43
60
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.282838
9b29a45a-d0cc-4f71-980d-75188b04bb57
1175-5326
282838
Family
Trapeziidae Miers, 1886
Calocarcinus habei
Takeda, 1980
. Stn 32, Nuku Hiva,
363 m
(
Fig. 8
a–b), on
Madrepora
sp. (
Scleractinia
,
Oculinidae
) (specimen collected LC394).
Quadrella
aff.
coronata
Dana, 1852
. Stn 16, Fatu Hiva,
315–340 m
(
Fig. 8
c–d), on
Madracis
sp. (
Scleractinia
,
Pocilloporidae
) (specimens 2 spp. were collected LC 169, LC281).
Remarks
. If our identification of
Quadrella
aff.
coronata
is confirmed when specimens collected are available for examination, it will represent a significant geographic extension for this species. This coral associated crab is widespread in the Indian Ocean, the
Philippines
,
Papua New Guinea
, and
Vanuatu
, from
2–26 m
to
189–194 m
(see
Galil 1986
;
Castro 1999
,
2009
), and was recently reported at
442–491 m
off
Madagascar
(Castro, in press: MIRIKY Expedition,
Madagascar
, stn CP3210,
29.6.2009
,
12°44'S
,
48°12'E
,
442–491 m
).