Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Anomura - Diogenidae - Calcinus

Calcinus spicatus Forest, 1951


Selected Reference(s)
Calcinus spicatus. - Poupin, J., 1997: 711, fig. 2i, 3j, 6d. - French Polynesia
Calcinus spicatus. - Poupin, J., 2001w: www. [Electronic monograph on Internet] - World
Calcinus spicatus. - Poupin, J. and Lemaitre, R., 2003: 16. - French Polynesia

Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: Austral (Arago bank, Raevavae, Rapa, Thiers bank); Gambier (Vaiatekeue); Society (?Tahiti); Tuamotu (Fangataufa, Moruroa) - Marine; Shoreline to 10 m (up to 50/90 m); Hard bottom; Coral facultative associate (Gen. Pocillopora).

Regional Records: Calcinus latens - Heller, 1865: 88 (Tahiti; not C. latens (Randall) = Calcinus cf. spicatus, see McLaughlin & Dworschak, 2002). - Calcinus herbstii - Nobili, 1907: 368 ("chenal Waiatekene" = Vaiatekeue) pro parte not C. herbstii de Man, 1888, synonym of C. laevimanus = C. spicatus fide Forest (1951: 84). - Calcinus spicatus Forest, 1951: 90, fig. 10-13 ("chenal Waiatekene" = Vaiatekeue). - Rahayu, 1988: 21 (French Polynesia). - Poupin, 1996a: 4, 15 (Checklist); 1997: 711, fig. 2i, 3i, 6d (Fangataufa, Moruroa; coll. Frv Marara). - Poupin & Lemaitre, 2003: 16 (Arago bank, Rapa, Thiers bank; 0 to 50/90 m; coll. BENTHAUS Expedition). - Calcinus cf. spicatus - McLaughlin & Dworschak, 2002: 155 (Tahiti; Heller specimens reexamined in Wien Museum). - Unpublished sp. - Austral, BENTHAUS Expedition, field observation J. Poupin, Raevavae.

Depth distribution: 0 - 90 m

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/