Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Anomura - Galatheidae - Munida

Munida longicheles Macpherson & de Saint Laurent, 1991


Distribution : French Polynesia only: Austral (Arago bank, Lotus bank Raevavae, Rapa, Rimatara, Rurutu, Tubuai); Tuamotu (Fangataufa, Moruroa), between 120-1200 m.

Selected Reference(s)
Munida longicheles. - Macpherson, E. and Saint Laurent, M. d., 1991: 409, fig. 11, pl. 1i. - French Polynesia

Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: Endemic to the region; Austral (Arago bank, Lotus bank Raevavae, Rapa, Rimatara, Rurutu, Tubuai); Tuamotu (Fangataufa, Moruroa) - Marine; Deep (112-1200 m); Hard bottom; ?Coral facultative associate (Gorgonian).

Regional Records: Munida longicheles Macpherson & de Saint Laurent, 1991: 409, fig. 11, pl. 1i (Moruroa; 439m; coll. Frv Marara, fr). - Poupin, 1996a: 96 (Checklist); 1996b: 22, pl. 10g (Moruroa; 439m). - Macpherson, 2006: 320 (coll. Frv Marara, st. 438, Fangataufa, trap 410 m; coll. BENTHAUS Expedition, Austral Is. 2002, dredge and trawl, Arago bank, Lotus bank Raevavae, Rapa, Rimatara, Rurutu, Tubuai, 112-1200 m, st. DW1881, DW1945, CP1965, DW1970, DW1983, DW1995, DW2000, DW2009, DW2015).

Depth distribution: 112 - 1200 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/