Austinograea alayseae, GUINOT, 1990

Martin, Joel W. & Haney, Todd A., 2005, Decapod crustaceans from hydrothermal vents and cold seeps: a review through 2005, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 145 (4), pp. 445-522 : 487

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AUSTINOGRAEA ALAYSEAE GUINOT, 1990

Type locality: south-western Pacific Ocean , Tonga archipelago, Lau Basin, Vaï-Lili hydrothermal vent site; 22°13′S, 176°38′W; 1900 m GoogleMaps .

Known range: Western Pacific, from the Lau Back-Arc Basin, Valu-Fa Ridge, at 1750 m, and from the Manus Back-Arc Basin at 2190–2630 m (Guinot, 1997: 208, in Desbruyères & Segonzac, 1997).

Material: type locality; BIOLAU 1989, Nautile dive 09; 21 May 1989; MNHN-B 24021 (holotype male), MNHN-B 24022 (allotype female) ( Guinot, 1990) .

– Manus Basin, PACMANUS site; Shinkai 2000; 2K#1071; depth not provided; December 1998; nontypes, number of specimens not noted ( Tsuchida & Hashimoto, 2002).

Remarks: Guinot (1997, in Desbruyères & Segonzac, 1997) describes this species as actively moving in the vicinity of ‘mollusk beds’ (possibly a mixture of mussels and the large gastropods common at these sites).

References

Desbruyeres D, Segonzac M, eds. 1997. Handbook of deepsea hydrothermal vent fauna. Brest: IFREMER.

Guinot D. 1990. Austinograea alayseae sp. nov., crabe hydrothermal decouvert dans le bassin de Lau, Pacifique sudoccidental (Crustacea Decapoda Brachyura). Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, serie IV 11: 879 - 903.

Tsuchida S, Hashimoto J. 2002. A new species of bythograeid crab, Austinograea rodriguezensis (Decapoda, brachyura), associated with active hydrothermal vents from the Indian Ocean. Journal of Crustacean Biology 22 (3): 642 - 650.