Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Brachyura - Homolidae - Paromola

Paromola rathbunae Porter, 1908



Distribution : Guinot & Richer de Forges (1995), Baez & Ruiz (1985) - Eastern Pacific, off Chilean coasts, between 25-33°S; Seamounts Sala y Gòmez and south-western part of Nazca ridge, 25°19.9' S - 85°06.7' W, 280 m; Chilean Oceanic Islands of archipelago Juan Fernandez and Desventuradas (San Ambrosio, San Felix), 40-80 'brazas' - Deep (109-600 m).


Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: Sala y Gomez.

Regional Records: EASTER ISLAND - Paromola japonica - Zarenkov, 1990: 225 (st. 1904; Seamounts Sala y Gòmez and south-western part of Nazca ridge, 25°19,9' S - 85°06,7' W, 280 m), not P. japonica Parisi, 1915. - Parin et al., 1997: 163, tab. 3 (List of Decapoda for the Nazca and Sala y Gòmez submarine ridges; according to Zarenkov, 1990; p. 176: "East of 84°W the traps caught many spiny lobsters Projasus bahamondei and crabs Chaceon chilensis while west of 84°W catches consisted mostly of crab Paromola japonica and five shrimp species"). - Paromola rathbunae - Guinot & Richer de Forges, 1995: 362 (re-determination of Zarenkov specimens, 1 ov. female 75.6x72 mm, ZMUM Ma 4042). - Remark - In Guinot & Richer de Forges (1995: 364): "L'appartenance de la Paromola présente dans cette zone (Nazca et Sala-y-Gomes) à l'espèce habitant Juan Fernandez plutôt qu'à l'espèce indo-ouest-pacifique P. japonica, constitue un cas supplémentaire de l'endémisme constaté pour de nombreux organismes de la faune de l'ensemble île de Pâques et îles Sala-y-Gomez".

Depth distribution: 280 - 280 m


References : compilation of references cited in Poupin (1996, 1998, 2003) and Poupin et al. (2009) - PDF 412 Ko



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