Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Caridea - Palaemonidae - Dactylonia

Dactylonia ascidicola (Borradaile, 1898)



Distribution : Fransen (2006: 716) - "The species has been recorded from the Indo-West Pacific from the Red Sea and Madagascar to Indonesia, the Philippines, New Guinea, and as far east as Guam and the Bismarck Archipelago. This is the frst record of the species from Tahiti."

Remarks : Associated with ascidian. Fransen (2006: 716) - "recorded from Ascidia empheres Sluiter, 1895, Ascidia sydneiensis and Rhopalaea crassa (Herdman, 1880). Phallusia julinea, Ascidia divisa, and Ascidia ornata constitute new host records."

Selected Reference(s)
Dactylonia ascidicola. - Fransen, C. H. J. M., 2006: 716. - French Polynesia

Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: Society (Tahiti).

Regional Records: Dactylonia ascidicola - Fransen, 2006: 716 (Tahiti. Ascidia divisa Tokioka, 1953, date & deep unknown, MNHN-Na8226).

Depth distribution: 18 - 120 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/