Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Caridea - Palaemonidae - Jocaste

Jocaste lucina (Nobili, 1901)


Distribution : Li & Bruce (2006) - Type locality: Eritrea. Also known from Egypt, Israel, Sudan, Yemen, Oman, Kenya, Zanzibar, Tanzania, Mozambique, Comoro Islands, Madagascar, Seychelles, La Réunion, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Andaman Islands, Nicobar Islands, Singapore, Vietnam, South China Sea, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Australia (Western Australia, Queensland), Coral Sea, Marianas Islands, New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands, Marshall Islands, Fiji, Cook Islands and Johnson Atoll. Plus French Polynesia.

Selected Reference(s)
Jocaste lucina. - Poupin, J., 1998: 15. - French Polynesia
Jocaste lucina. - Li, X., 2008: 214. - French Polynesia

Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: Austral (Marotiri); Society (Tahiti); Tuamotu (Fangataufa, Moruroa) - Marine; Shoreline to 52 m; Coral obligate associate (gen. Acropora).

Regional Records: Coralliocaris lamellirostris - Boone, 1935: 174, pl. 47 (Tahiti). - Jocaste lucina - Chace & Bruce, 1993: 49, 84 (Syn.; Boone's reference with a ?; key). - Bruce, 1998: 39 (Key, host genera: Acropora, rarely Pocillopora, Stylophora). - Poupin, 1998: 15 (Checklist; coll. Frv Marara, fr, J. Poupin April/May 1996 & April-May 1997, det. A.J. Bruce; Fangataufa MNHN Na13410, Moruroa). - Li, 2008: 214 (Austral Is. Marotiri Is, BENTHAUS Expedition, stn DW 1879, 27°55’S, 143°30.1’W, 52 m, 6.XI.2002, 21 MM, MNHN-Na 15984). - Synonyms - Coralliocaris lamellirostris Stimpson, 1860.

Depth distribution: 0 - 52 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/