Anisonyches mauritianus Grimaldi

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178. Anisonyches mauritianus Grimaldi de Zio, D’Addabbo Gallo, Morone De Lucia & Daddabbo, 1987

Anisonyches mauritianus n. sp. (Grimaldi de Zio et al. 1987)

Anisonyches mauritianus Grimaldi de Zio et al. 1987 (Gallo et al. 2007) Terra typica: Indian Ocean ( Republic of Mauritius, Africa)

Indian Ocean:

• 0 4 ° 19′S, 55 ° 52′E; 0 m bsl: [FAO51] Republic of Seychelles, Cocos [Coco] Island, coarse sand. Gallo et al. (2007)

• 20°11′S, 57°16′E [ 20°11′S, 57°46′E]; 0 m bsl: [FAO51] Type Locality: Republic of Mauritius, Flacq Region, Belle Mar Beach, intertidal, interstitial, fine well-sorted coralline sand with Foraminifera. Grimaldi de Zio et al. (1987)

Record numbers (Sea/Ocean classification): Indian Ocean: 2; total 2.

Record numbers (FAO classification): FAO51: 2; total: 2.

Remarks: This is an intertidal species known only from two Indian Ocean localities.