Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos, Vol. 34: Deep-Sea Chirostylids and Stylasterids from South-West Indian Ocean
Author
Corbari, L. & Casteli, M. [eds]
Year
2024
Info
Paris. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. 333 pp., 175 color photos, b/w line drawings, and colour distribution maps hardback gr. 8 [21.7 x 30.5 cm]
The present volume is the second volume dedicated to Alain Crosnier who passed away on 18 February 2021. Madagascar and more generally the South Western part of the Indian Ocean had a special place in his heart. From 1970 to 1976, he directed the ORSTOM Centre in Nosy Be in Madagascar where he explored the seabed to a depth of more than 1,000 m, thus discovering new resources and new species. The second part of his career was devoted to crustacean systematics and exploration of the deep benthos of tropical areas. In addition to the deep-sea cruises, which he instigated for a long time, he deployed his visionary energy to organise the study of the collected specimens – by bringing specialists from all over the world to Paris – and to publish these results. In 1999, the “MUSORSTOM cruises” became Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos; the programme celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2016. This second volume is a compilation of two major articles, on crustaceans Chirostylids and corals Stylasterids from the South-West Indian Ocean. In this volume, keys to species, descriptions, colour illustrations and drawings, maps and compilation of species occurrences as well as descriptions of new species are provided at the regional scale. With a total of 85 new species, i.e. 60 new species of Chirostylids and 25 new species of Stylasterids, this volume provides new knowledge on crustaceans and corals from the South-West Indian Ocean and conclusions about biogeography in this area are also presented in this volume. Baba, K., MacPherson, E. & Corbari, L.: Chirostylidae of the western Indian Ocean (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura). Cairns, S. D.: Stylasteridae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Anthoathecata) from insular southwest Indian Ocean. New taxa: Uroptychus amathea n. sp., Uroptychus biomaglo n. sp., Uroptychus boucheti n. sp., Uroptychus comoroensis n. sp., Uroptychus deliquus n. sp., Uroptychus dione n. sp., Uroptychus discolops n. sp., Uroptychus ectopus n. sp., Uroptychus galene n. sp., Uroptychus halia n. sp., Uroptychus hippothoe n. sp., Uroptychus jamescook n. sp., Uroptychus lepidus n. sp., Uroptychus longissimus n. sp., Uroptychus menippe n. sp., Uroptychus nasimae n. sp., Uroptychus neomeris n. sp., Uroptychus nesaea n. sp., Uroptychus notialis n. sp., Uroptychus obliquus n. sp., Uroptychus panopeia n. sp., Uroptychus pararius n. sp., Uroptychus pasithea n. sp., Uroptychus prolatus n. sp., Uroptychus proto n. sp., Uroptychus sao n. sp., Uroptychus tumidus n. sp., Uroptychus validus n. sp., Uroptychus vauban n. sp., Lepidopora kenyaensis n. sp., Lepidopora sapmerensis n. sp., Lepidopora talea n. sp., Paraerrina minikin n. sp., Paraerrina thomassini n. sp., Errina furcata n. sp., Errina guillei n. sp., Errinopsis brochi n. sp., Distichopora brevistylos n. sp., Stylaster filanderae n. sp., Stylaster minutus n. sp., Stylaster vitreus n. sp., Calyptopora gloriosa n. sp., Stenohelia arbuscula n. sp., Stenohelia picae n. sp., Canopora mascarina n. sp., Paraconopora coniculus n. sp., Crypthelia circumspecta n. sp., Crypthelia elegans n. sp., Crypthelia fascicularis n. sp., Crypthelia gonoreticulum n. sp., Crypthelia voluta n. sp., Crypthelia dichotoma n. sp., Crypthelia variabilis n. sp., Crypthelia vulnerabilis n. sp., Crypthelia waltersensis n. sp.
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