Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Brachyura - Goneplacidae - Neogoneplax

Neogoneplax renoculis (Rathbun, 1914)



Distribution : (Castro, 2007: 702) - Western Pacific Ocean from Korea and Japan to the Philippine Is, plus Indonesia (Makassar Strait, Tanimbar and Kai islands), Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, and questionably from French Polynesia. Depth: 80-512 m.

Selected Reference(s)
Neogoneplax renoculis. - Castro, P., 2007: . - French Polynesia

Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: ?Austral (Arago Bank) - 176-340 m.

Regional Records: Neogoneplax renoculis - Castro, 2007: 700, fig. 28b (questionably from ?French Polynesia coll. BENTHAUS 2002, stn DW1979, 176-340 m, Arago Bank, MNHN-B 29780; the only one sp. from French Polynesia examined, had a carapace, eye peduncles, and P2-P4 (P5 missing) similar to those of N. renoculis n. comb. The only cheliped remaining, however, had an unusually high pollex, and the G1had a conspicuously pointed tip. It may represent a new species).

Depth distribution: 176 - 340 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/