Ashtoret picta (Hess, 1865)

Galil, Bella, 2001, The Calappidae of the Marquesas Islands with a description of a new species of Mursia (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura), Zoosystema 23 (3), pp. 499-505 : 500

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5393035
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5469309
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EED903-FFD9-AB66-3012-B295FE61F972
treatment provided by	Marcus
scientific name	Ashtoret picta (Hess, 1865)
status

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Ashtoret picta (Hess, 1865) View in CoL

Matuta picta Hess, 1865: 158 View in CoL , pl. 6 (13).

Matuta banksii View in CoL – Rathbun 1907: 68.

Ashtoret lunaris View in CoL – Poupin 1996a: 25.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Eiao I. Stn DW 1283, 7°53.8’S, 140°34.5’W, 55-56 m, 7.IX.1997, 2 cl 29.1, 26.6 mm, 1 ovigerous 28.3 mm ( MNHN B27565).

Ua Huka I. Stn 29, 8°55.70’S, 139°32.00’W, 7-11 m, X.1997, 3 ovigerous cl 30.0- 31.4 mm, 7 juv. ( MNHN). — Stn 34, 8°56.80’S, 139°35.70’W, 10-15 m, X.1997, 2 cl 37.6, 26.9 mm, 1 cl 26.5 mm, 18 juv. ( MNHN). — Stn CP 1295, 8°54.2’S, 139°37.5’W, 50-54 m, 8.IX.1997, 2 cl 28.9, 28.2 mm, 3 ovigerous cl 28.0- 31.4 mm ( MNHN B27568).

Hiva Oa I. Stn DW 1214, 9°49.8’S, 140°03.1’W, 25- 40 m, 29.VIII.1997, 1 cl 39.8 mm, 1 ovigerous cl 29.5 mm ( MNHN B27569).

DISTRIBUTION. — Red Sea and East Africa to Australia, Tahiti and Marquesas Islands, intertidal to 55 m ( Galil & Clark 1994: 18).