Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Anomura - Diogenidae - Calcinus

Calcinus minutus Buitendijk, 1937



Distribution : Eastern Indian Ocean: Christmas & Cocos Islands; western and eastern Australia; Vietnam; Taiwan; Japan; New Guinea; Loyalty Is.; Salomon; Palau; Caroline; Mariana; Samoa; Wallis & Futuna. Probably not French Polynesia where this species is replaced by sibling Calcinus nitidus.

Selected Reference(s)
Calcinus minutus. - Poupin, J., 1997: 704, fig. 6a. - French Polynesia (?)
Calcinus minutus. - Poupin, J., 2001w: www. [Electronic monograph on Internet] - World
Calcinus minutus. - Poupin, J. and Juncker, M., 2008: . - Wallis & Futuna

Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: Wallis & Futuna (Alofi, Futuna, Wallis); ?Society (Moorea) - Marine; Shoreline to 10 m; Hard bottom; Coral facultative associate.

Regional Records: WALLIS & FUTUNA - Calcinus minutus - Poupin & Juncker, in preparation (Alofi, Futuna, Wallis). - ?FRENCH POLYNESIA - Calcinus minutus - Monteforte, 1984: 172, annex 1, tab. a (Moorea). - Poupin, 1996a: 6, 15, 77 (Checklist); 1997: 704, fig. 6a (No polynesian material; Monteforte reference only, with hesitations).


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/