Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Brachyura - Geryonidae - Chaceon

Chaceon australis Manning, 1993


Selected Reference(s)
Chaceon australis. - Manning, R. B., 1993: 7, fig. 1-2. - French Polynesia

Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: Endemic to the region; Austral (Macdonald, Rapa, ?Rurutu) - Marine; Deep (870m); ?Soft bottom.

Regional Records: Chaceon australis Manning, 1993: 7, fig. 1-2 (Rapa; 870m; coll. Frv Marara, fr). - Bablet et al., 1995: 289, fig. 191 (Same material). - Poupin, 1996a: 98 (Checklist); 1996b: 32, pl. 15h (Same material). - Unpublished sp. - Austral, Rapa, BENTHAUS Expedition stn CP1892, trawl 742-1000 m. - Field observation - BENTHAUS 2002 Expedition, remains of fresh dactyl dredged on Macdonald seamount, and old remain of dactyl of chelae Lotus Bank, Rurutu (st. DW1992).

Depth distribution: 742 - 1000 m

References : compilation of references cited in Poupin (1996, 1998, 2003) and Poupin et al. (2009) - PDF 412 Ko
Since November 2012, this database is updated in CRUSTA database - http://crustiesfroverseas.free.fr/