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Image of <i>Thalamita prymna</i>

Thalamita prymna

Description

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var. picta

"Found sheltering in a coral mass on the outer reef at Minikoi (Borradaile, 1902; pg. 201)."

var. danae

"Taken on the reef at Minikoi (Borradaile, 1902; pg. 201)."

"It would be interesting to know the difference between the habits of this species and those of the equally common and somewhat similarly built, though quite distinct, T. admeta, I am under the impression, though the loss of my Minikoi specimens leaves me somewhat in doubt on this point, that T. prymna is a reef crab of a darker, more greenish hue that T. admeta, generally found in the neighborhood of living corals, and perhaps of rather more sluggish habits than the latter. T. admeta on the other hand, though also found on the reef, is, I fancy, a lagoon crab of a paler color, sometimes almost white, fond of lying on the sand, and of extremely active habits (Borradaile, 1902; pg. 201)."

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cc-publicdomain
author
Nolasco, Jannel

Distribution

provided by World Register of Marine Species
Distribution: tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958); extends to Western Pacific, including Australia (Stephenson, 1972).

Reference

Crosnier, A. (1962). Faune de Madagascar. XVI Crustaces Decapodes: Portunidae. Faune de Madagascar. 16: 1-154, pls. 1-13.

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contributor
Eunice Onyango [email]