Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Anomura - Diogenidae - Calcinus

Calcinus elegans (H. Milne Edwards, 1836)


Distribution : Widely distributed in the Indo-West Pacific: South Africa; Indian Ocean (Mauritius, Cocos & Christmas); Indonesia; New Guinea; Vietnam; Taiwan; Japan; Wallis & Futuna, Mariana; Hawaii; French Polynesia (Society, Tuamotu, Gambier).

Selected Reference(s)
Pagurus elegans. - Milne Edwards, H., 1836: 278, pl. 13, fig. 2. - New Guinea
Calcinus elegans. - Morgan, G. J., 1991: 874, fig. 7-9. - Australia
Calcinus elegans. - Poupin, J., 1997: 687, fig. 2a, 3a, 4a. - French Polynesia
Calcinus elegans. - Poupin, J., 2001w: www. [Electronic monograph on Internet] - World
Calcinus elegans. - Poupin, J. and Juncker, M., 2008: . - Wallis & Futuna

Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: Wallis & Futuna (Futuna); Austral (Raevavae, Rapa); Gambier (Kamaka, Makaroa, Mangareva); Society (Bora Bora, Motu One/Bellingshausen, Tahiti); Tuamotu (Ahe and/or Manihi, Amanu, Apataki, Aratika, Fangataufa, Hao, Hikueru, Marutea South, Mataiva, Moruroa, Rangiroa, Raroia, Reao, Tagatau, Taiaro, Takume); Pitcairn (Henderson) - Marine; Shoreline to 10 m; Hard bottom

Regional Records: WALLIS & FUTUNA - Calcinus elegans - Poupin & Juncker, in preparation (Futuna). - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Calcinus elegans - Dana, 1852b: 458; 1855, pl. 28, fig. 10a-c ("Carlshoff" = Aratika, "Clermont Tonnerre" = Reao, "Waterland" = Ahe and/or Manihi). - Heller, 1865: 88 (Tahiti). - Nobili, 1907: 368 (Amanu, Hao, Kamaka, Makaroa, Marutea South, "Rikitea" = Mangareva, Tagatau, "Wakatihi" = ?). - Boone, 1935: 23, pl. 3 (Bora Bora, Tahiti). - Holthuis, 1953: 41 (Raroia). - Morrison, 1954: 13 (Raroia). - Forest, 1953b: 555; 1956a: 1062 (Hikueru, Tahiti, Takume). - Monteforte, 1984: 172, annex 1, tab. a (Mataiva). - Rahayu, 1988: 10, 17 (French Polynesia). - Poupin, 1994a: 15, fig. 11, pl. 2a (Hao, Taiaro); 1996a: 14 (Checklist); 1997: 687, fig. 2a, 3a, 4a (Mangareva, Moruroa, Motu One/Bellingshausen, Taiaro; coll. Frv Marara). - McLaughlin & Dworschak, 2002: 155 (Tahiti; Heller specimens reexamined in Wien Museum). - Poupin & Lemaitre, 2003: 18 (Rapa; shoreline, coll. BENTHAUS Expedition, 8 Nov. 2002). - Field observation - May 1997, det. J. Poupin (Fangataufa). - Unpublished record - Coll. & det. G. Paulay, Rangiroa, January 10, 2001 (FLMNH-UF collections); det. J. Poupin, Pitcairn Islands, Henderson Island, North Beach, reef flat, coll. J. Starmer, January 01, 1997, 1 female 3.7 mm, 1 sp. in shell (UF 2604). - Moorea Biocode project.

References : compilation of references cited in Poupin (1996, 1998, 2003) and Poupin et al. (2009) - PDF 412 Ko
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