Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Brachyura - Homolidae - Lamoha

Lamoha murotoensis (Sakai, 1979)


Selected Reference(s)
Hypsophrys aff. Murotoensis. - Guinot, D. and Richer de Forges, B., 1995: 451, fig. 57g. - French Polynesia
Lamoha murotoensis. - Ng, P. K. L. and Wang, C.-H., 2001: 14, fig. 1. [comment on Guinot & Richer de Forges study with confirmation of L. murotoensis] - French Polynesia

Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: Marquesas (Eiao, Nuku Hiva) - Marine; Deep (230-460m); ?Hard bottom; Anemone associate.

Regional Records: Hypsophrys aff. murotoensis - Guinot & Richer de Forges, 1995: 451, fig. 57g (Nuku Hiva; 346m; coll. Frv Marara, fr). - Poupin, 1996a: 97 (Checklist); 1996b: 28, pl. 13a (same material). - Lamoha murotoensis - Ng, 1998: 121 (new genus). - Ng & Wang, 2001: 14 (MUSORSTOM 9 Marquesas Expedition, stn CP 1282, Eiao, 414-460 m, stn CP 1268, Eiao, 285-320 m, stn CP 1306, Eiao, 283-448 m; "In discussing this species, Guinot and Richer de Forges (1995: 451) noted that a male specimen .. could be only referred to this taxon with doubt .. This recent material, which includes very small specimens, shows sufficient variation to demonstrate that the Marquesas specimens are clearly L. murotoensis"). - Unpublished specimens, ?MNHN - Frebruary 1996, Coll. & det. J. Poupin (Nuku Hiva; 230m).

Depth distribution: 230 - 460 m

References : compilation of references cited in Poupin (1996, 1998, 2003) and Poupin et al. (2009) - PDF 412 Ko
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