Moorea Biocode project
2006 - 2008
Since November 2012, this database is updated in CRUSTA database - http://crustiesfroverseas.free.fr/

A joint Franco-American project to genetically barcode the first complete tropical ecosystem. The team is led by researchers at the University of California Berkeley and the CNRS-EPHE France through their field stations in Moorea, CRIOBE and GUMP. The Institut de Recherche de l'Ecole Navale, IRENav, has contributed to the Invertebrate fieldwork organized in 2008 (Crustacea, October 3-29, 2008).

167 species recorded from Moorea Biocode project
Photographs of Decapoda are at this link
Photographs of Stomatopoda are at this link
Biocode photographs included in this database (in progress) : 8 photographs
(New records for French Polynesia are in red)

Scientific Name
Data
Photographs

1
Actaea polyacantha (Heller, 1861)
Data
2
Actaeodes hirsutissimus (Rüppell, 1830)
Data
2 - Photograph(s)
3
Alpheus cf. eulimene De Man, 1909
Data
1 - Photograph(s)
4
Alpheus diadema Dana, 1852
Data
1 - Photograph(s)
5
Alpheus dolerus A.H. Banner, 1956
Data
1 - Photograph(s)
6
Alpheus edwardsii (Audouin, 1826)
Data
1 - Photograph(s)
7
Alpheus gracilipes Stimpson, 1860
Data
1 - Photograph(s)
8
Alpheus gracilis Heller, 1861
Data
9
Alpheus idiocheles Coutière, 1905b
Data
10
Alpheus lobidens De Haan, 1849
Data
11
Alpheus lottini Guérin-Méneville, 1829
Data
6 - Photograph(s)
12
Alpheus malleodigitus (Bate, 1888)
Data
1 - Photograph(s)
13
Alpheus obesomanus Dana, 1852
Data
2 - Photograph(s)
14
Alpheus pacificus Dana, 1852
Data
5 - Photograph(s)
15
Alpheus paracritinus Miers, 1881
Data
3 - Photograph(s)
16
Alpheus parvirostris Dana, 1852
Data
1 - Photograph(s)
17
Alpheus providencei Coutière, 1908
Data
18
Alpheus sizou A.H. & D.M. Banner, 1967
Data
19
Alpheus strenuus Dana, 1852
Data
20
Aniculus aniculus (Fabricius, 1787)
Data
2 - Photograph(s)
21
Aniculus retipes Lewinsohn, 1982
Data
2 - Photograph(s)
22
Ashtoret picta (Hess, 1865)
Data
3 - Photograph(s)
23
Atergatopsis lucasi Montrouzier, 1865
Data
24
Athanas areteformis Coutière, 1903
Data
25
Aulacolambrus hoplonotus (Adams & White, 1848)
Data
10 - Photograph(s)
26
Axiopsis pica Kensley, 2003
Data
5 - Photograph(s)
27
Calappa gallus (Herbst, 1803)
Data
13 - Photograph(s)
28
Calappa hepatica (Linnaeus, 1758)
Data
5 - Photograph(s)
29
Calcinus elegans (H. Milne Edwards, 1836)
Data
3 - Photograph(s)
30
Calcinus gouti Poupin, 1997
Data
6 - Photograph(s)
31
Calcinus guamensis Wooster, 1984
Data
7 - Photograph(s)
32
Calcinus haigae Wooster, 1984
Data
8 - Photograph(s)
33
Calcinus isabellae Poupin, 1997
Data
3 - Photograph(s)
34
Calcinus laevimanus (Randall, 1840)
Data
5 - Photograph(s)
35
Calcinus latens (Randall, 1840)
Data
5 - Photograph(s)
36
Calcinus morgani Rahayu & Forest, 1999
Data
3 - Photograph(s)
37
Calcinus nitidus Heller, 1865
Data
7 - Photograph(s)
38
Calcinus seurati Forest, 1951
Data
9 - Photograph(s)
39
Camposcia retusa Latreille, 1829
Data
2 - Photograph(s)
40
Caphyra unidentata Lenz, 1910
Data
41
Carupa tenuipes Dana, 1852
Data
4 - Photograph(s)
42
Catoptrus inaequalis (Rathbun, 1906)
Data
2 - Photograph(s)
43
Catoptrus nitidus A. Milne-Edwards, 1870
Data
44
Charybdis obtusifrons Leene, 1936
Data
4 - Photograph(s)
45
Chlorodiella barbata (Borradaile, 1900)
Data
46
Chlorodiella crispipleopa Dai, Yang, Song & Chen, 1986
Data
47
Chlorodiella laevissima (Dana, 1852)
Data
3 - Photograph(s)
48
Chlorodiella nigra (Forskål, 1775)
Data
3 - Photograph(s)
49
Ciliopagurus strigatus (Herbst, 1804)
Data
4 - Photograph(s)
50
Clibanarius humilis (Dana, 1851)
Data
3 - Photograph(s)
51
Clibanarius ransoni Forest, 1953
Data
1 - Photograph(s)
52
Coenobita perlatus H. Milne Edwards, 1837
Data
13 - Photograph(s)
53
Coenobita rugosus H. Milne Edwards, 1837
Data
6 - Photograph(s)
54
Crossotonotus spinipes (De Man, 1888)
Data
55
Cuapetes tenuipes (Borradaile, 1898)
Data
2 - Photograph(s)
56
Cyclax suborbicularis (Stimpson, 1858)
Data
4 - Photograph(s)
57
Cyclodius ungulatus (H. Milne Edwards, 1834)
Data
2 - Photograph(s)
58
Daira perlata (Herbst, 1790)
Data
6 - Photograph(s)
59
Daldorfia horrida (Linnaeus, 1758)
Data
9 - Photograph(s)
60
Dardanus deformis (H. Milne Edwards, 1836)
Data
1 - Photograph(s)
61
Dardanus gemmatus (H. Milne Edwards, 1848)
Data
13 - Photograph(s)
62
Dardanus guttatus (Olivier, 1812)
Data
2 - Photograph(s)
63
Dardanus lagopodes (Forskål, 1775)
Data
6 - Photograph(s)
64
Dardanus megistos (Herbst, 1804)
Data
5 - Photograph(s)
65
Dardanus sanguinocarpus Degener, in Edmondson, 1925
Data
6 - Photograph(s)
66
Dardanus scutellatus (H. Milne Edwards, 1848)
Data
4 - Photograph(s)
67
Diogenes pallescens Whitelegge, 1897
Data
1 - Photograph(s)
68
Domecia glabra Alcock, 1899
Data
69
Domecia hispida Eydoux & Souleyet, 1842
Data
5 - Photograph(s)
70
Dynomene praedator A. Milne-Edwards, 1879
Data
4 - Photograph(s)
71
Epigrapsus politus Heller, 1862
Data
6 - Photograph(s)
72
Etisus demani Odhner, 1925
Data
5 - Photograph(s)
73
Etisus dentatus (Herbst, 1785)
Data
3 - Photograph(s)
74
Etisus frontalis (Dana, 1852)
Data
75
Euxanthus exsculptus (Herbst, 1790)
Data
6 - Photograph(s)
76
Exopalicus maculatus (Edmonson, 1930)
Data
2 - Photograph(s)
77
Galathea pilosa de Man, 1888
Data
78
Geograpsus crinipes (Dana, 1851)
Data
10 - Photograph(s)
79
Geograpsus grayi (H. Milne Edwards, 1853)
Data
4 - Photograph(s)
80
Geosesarma angustifrons (A. Milne-Edwards, 1869)
Data
3 - Photograph(s)
81
Globopilumnus globosus (Dana, 1852)
Data
2 - Photograph(s)
82
Gnathophyllum americanum Guérin, 1856
Data
2 - Photograph(s)
83
Gonodactylus childi Manning, 1971
Data
84
Grapsus tenuicrustatus (Herbst, 1783)
Data
12 - Photograph(s)
85
Hapalocarcinus marsupialis Simpson, 1859
Data
2 - Photograph(s)
86
Harpiliopsis beaupresii (Audouin, 1825)
Data
87
Hirsutodynomene spinosa (Rathbun, 1911)
Data
4 - Photograph(s)
88
Huenia heraldica (De Haan, 1837)
Data
5 - Photograph(s)
89
Jonesius triunguiculatus (Borradaile, 1902)
Data
1 - Photograph(s)
90
Lachnopodus subacutus (Stimpson, 1858)
Data
91
Leptodius sanguineus (H. Milne Edwards, 1834)
Data
10 - Photograph(s)
92
Liocarpilodes integerrimus (Dana, 1852)
Data
93
Liomera bella (Dana, 1852)
Data
1 - Photograph(s)
94
Liomera cinctimana (White, 1847)
Data
5 - Photograph(s)
95
Liomera tristis (Dana, 1852)
Data
4 - Photograph(s)
96
Lioxanthodes alcocki Calman, 1909
Data
1 - Photograph(s)
97
Lissocarcinus orbicularis Dana, 1852
Data
3 - Photograph(s)
98
Lophozozymus incisus (H. Milne Edwards, 1834)
Data
1 - Photograph(s)
99
Lydia annulipes (H. Milne Edwards, 1834)
Data
8 - Photograph(s)
100
Macromedaeus nudipes (A. Milne-Edwards, 1867)
Data
13 - Photograph(s)
101
Macrophthalmus serenei Takeda & Komai, 1991
Data
2 - Photograph(s)
102
Menaethius monoceros (Latreille, 1825)
Data
9 - Photograph(s)
103
Menaethius orientalis (Sakai, 1969)
Data
1 - Photograph(s)
104
Metalpheus rostratipes (Pocock, 1890)
Data
105
Metasesarma obesum (Dana, 1851)
Data
12 - Photograph(s)
106
Metopograpsus thukuhar (Owen, 1839)
Data
13 - Photograph(s)
107
Ocypode cordimanus Desmaret, 1825
Data
5 - Photograph(s)
108
Ozius rugulosus Stimpson, 1858
Data
5 - Photograph(s)
109
Pachygrapsus minutus A. Milne-Edwards, 1873
Data
5 - Photograph(s)
110
Pachygrapsus planifrons De Man, 1888
Data
7 - Photograph(s)
111
Pachygrapsus plicatus (H. Milne Edwards, 1837)
Data
10 - Photograph(s)
112
Pagurixus maorus (Nobili, 1906)
Data
2 - Photograph(s)
113
Palmyria palmyrensis (Rathbun, 1923)
Data
114
Paractaea rufopunctata H. Milne Edwards, 1834
Data
2 - Photograph(s)
115
Percnon planissimum (Herbst, 1804)
Data
9 - Photograph(s)
116
Periclimenes inornatus Kemp, 1922
Data
1 - Photograph(s)
117
Periclimenes soror Nobili, 1904
Data
5 - Photograph(s)
118
Perinia tumida Dana, 1851
Data
1 - Photograph(s)
119
Petrolisthes carinipes (Heller, 1861)
Data
120
Petrolisthes tomentosus (Dana, 1852)
Data
2 - Photograph(s)
121
Pilodius areolatus (H. Milne Edwards, 1834)
Data
4 - Photograph(s)
122
Pilodius flavus Rathbun, 1894
Data
3 - Photograph(s)
123
Pilodius pugil Dana, 1852
Data
2 - Photograph(s)
124
Pilodius scabriculus Dana, 1852
Data
125
Pilumnus tahitensis De Man, 1890
Data
126
Platypodia anaglypta (Heller, 1861)
Data
127
Psaumis cavipes (Dana, 1852)
Data
3 - Photograph(s)
128
Pseudoliomera speciosa (Dana, 1852)
Data
7 - Photograph(s)
129
Pseudoliomera variolosa (Borradaile, 1902)
Data
6 - Photograph(s)
130
Pseudozius caystrus (Adams & White, 1848)
Data
12 - Photograph(s)
131
Pygmaeopagurus hadrochirus McLaughlin, 1986
Data
132
Pylopaguropsis fimbriata McLaughlin & Haig, 1989
Data
1 - Photograph(s)
133
Pylopaguropsis keijii McLaughlin and Haig, 1989
Data
134
Schizophrys aspera (H. Milne Edwards, 1834)
Data
4 - Photograph(s)
135
Stenopus hispidus (Olivier, 1811)
Data
8 - Photograph(s)
136
Stenopus zanzibaricus Bruce, 1976
Data
1 - Photograph(s)
137
Synalpheus charon (Heller, 1861)
Data
4 - Photograph(s)
138
Synalpheus paraneomeris Coutière, 1905a
Data
139
Synalpheus tumidomanus (Paulson, 1875)
Data
140
Tetralia cinctipes Paulson, 1875
Data
3 - Photograph(s)
141
Tetralia nigrolineata Serène & Pham, 1957
Data
142
Thalamita admete (Herbst, 1803)
Data
143
Thalamita coeruleipes Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846
Data
4 - Photograph(s)
144
Thalamita picta Stimpson, 1858
Data
7 - Photograph(s)
145
Thalamitoides quadridens A. Milne-Edwards, 1869
Data
3 - Photograph(s)
146
Thor amboinensis (De Man, 1888)
Data
2 - Photograph(s)
147
Thyrolambrus efflorescens (Alcock, 1895)
Data
1 - Photograph(s)
148
Trapezia areolata Dana, 1852
Data
2 - Photograph(s)
149
Trapezia bella Dana, 1852
Data
1 - Photograph(s)
150
Trapezia bidentata (Forskål, 1775)
Data
11 - Photograph(s)
151
Trapezia flavopunctata Eydoux & Souleyet, 1842
Data
3 - Photograph(s)
152
Trapezia guttata Rüppell, 1830
Data
153
Trapezia punctimanus Odinetz, 1983
Data
3 - Photograph(s)
154
Trapezia rufopunctata (Herbst, 1799)
Data
3 - Photograph(s)
155
Trapezia serenei Odinetz, 1983
Data
2 - Photograph(s)
156
Trapezia speciosa Dana, 1852
Data
2 - Photograph(s)
157
Trapezia tigrina Eydoux & Souleyet, 1842
Data
3 - Photograph(s)
158
Tweedieia laysani (Rathbun, 1906)
Data
159
Tylocarcinus styx (Herbst, 1803)
Data
2 - Photograph(s)
160
Uca crassipes (Adams & White, 1848)
Data
6 - Photograph(s)
161
Uca tetragonon (Herbst, 1790)
Data
9 - Photograph(s)
162
Utinomiella dimorpha (Henderson, 1906)
Data
163
Varuna litterata (Fabricius, 1798)
Data
2 - Photograph(s)
164
Viaderiana taeniola (Rathbun, 1906)
Data
3 - Photograph(s)
165
Xanthias lamarcki (H. Milne Edwards, 1834)
Data
5 - Photograph(s)
166
Xanthias latifrons (De Man, 1888)
Data
4 - Photograph(s)
167
Xanthias punctatus (H. Milne Edwards, 1834)
Data
7 - Photograph(s)



Since November 2012, this database is updated in CRUSTA database - http://crustiesfroverseas.free.fr/