Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Anomura - Diogenidae - Calcinus

Calcinus imperialis Whitelegge, 1901



Distribution : (Poupin et al., 94): Eastern Australia New South Wales (Middelton & Elizabeth reef; Lord Howe Island; Yamba & Woolgoolga; Collaroy Beach and Maroubra bay, near Sydney) and Queensland (Flatrock, off Point Lookout); Norfolk Island; New Zealand (Kermadec Islands); New Caledonia; Vanuata; French Polynesia (Tuamotu: Fangataufa atoll); Easter Island.

Selected Reference(s)
Calcinus imperialis. - Poupin, J., 1997: 697, fig. 3f', 4c, 7d. - Australia; French Polynesia; New Caledonia; Vanuatu
Calcinus imperialis. - Poupin, J., 2001w: www. [Electronic monograph on Internet] - World

Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: Easter Island; Tuamotu (Fangataufa) - Marine; Shoreline to 10 m; Hard bottom; Coral facultative associate (Gen. Pocillopora).

Regional Records: EASTER ISLAND - Calcinus imperialis. - DiSalvo et al., 1988: 458 (scuba dives, 15-60; det. J. Haig). - Poupin et al., 2003: 94 (Easter Island: Thirty six specimens, all from Easter Island, 20 males 1.4-4.4 mm, 15 females 1.4-3.3 mm, 1 juvenile 1.3 mm. Forty six additional small specimens almost totally white (see remark), 28 males 0.9-2.0 mm, 11 females 1.0-2.1 mm, 7 juveniles 0.9-1.4 mm). - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Calcinus imperialis - Poupin, 1997: 697, fig. 3f, 5c, 7d (Fangataufa; coll. Frv Marara, fr) - Not C. imperalis - Poupin 1996a: 14, 76 (Moruroa, Tahiti; checklist) = C. isabellae Poupin, 1997.


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



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