Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Thalassinidea - Axiidae - Eutrichocheles

Eutrichocheles tuamotu Ngoc-Ho, 1998


Selected Reference(s)
Eutrichocheles tuamotu. - Ngoc-Ho, N., 1998: 368, fig. 2-3. - French Polynesia
Paraxiopsis tuamotu. - Kensley, B., 2003: 374, table 2. [New combination] - French Polynesia

Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: Endemic to the region; Tuamotu (Moruroa) - Marine; Deep (140m); ?Hard bottom; ?Burrower.

Regional Records: Eutrichocheles tuamotu Ngoc-Ho, 1998: 368, fig. 2-3 (Moruroa; 140m; coll. Frv Marara, fr). - Poupin, 1998: 31 (Checklist). - Paraxiopsis tuamotu - Kensley, 2003: 374, tab. 2 (New comb.). - Remark - According to Ngoc Ho (in preparation) Paraxiopsis must be considered as a junior synonym of Eutrichocheles sensu Sakai & de Saint Laurent (1989).

Depth distribution: 140 - 140 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/