Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Astacidea - Enoplometopidae - Enoplometopus

Enoplometopus occidentalis (Randall, 1840)


Distribution : West Indian Ocean: South Africa (Natal), Kenya (Mombassa), Madagascar, Réunion, Mauritius (Port Louis), Seychelles (Amirante Islands). Indonesia: Java sea, Celebes (Menado), Moluccas (Ambon, Banda, Ternate); East Australia: Great Barrier reef (Heron Island), Sydney harbor. West Pacific: Japan, Taiwan; Central Pacific: Hawaii Islands (Hawaii, Maui, Oahu). Deep distribution: 0-100 meters (cf. Chan & Yu, 1993: 103). Plus French Polynesia, cf. this database and in situ photograph by P. Bacchet.


Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: Marquesas (Nuku Hiva, Ua Pou); Society (Tahiti).

Regional Records: Enoplometopus occidentalis - Field observation, 2006, photograph by P. Bacchet (first record), det. Bacchet/Poupin, Tahiti, outer slope at night, 12 m. - AAMP, Marquesas, 2012, Leg 3, St. MQ2-GR, Nuku Hiva, 20-23 m, coll. Starmer et al., sample LC28 (photo), LC29, St. MQ24-GR-R, Ua Pou, 6-12 m, coll. Starmer et al., sample LC314 (juvenile)

Depth distribution: 12 - 23 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/