Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Brachyura - Gecarcinidae - Discoplax

Discoplax rotunda (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)


Distribution : (Davie, 2002: 185) - IWP, Mauritius, Australia, Ryukyu Is., Hawaii, French Polynesia. Plus Wallis & Futuna.

Selected Reference(s)
Discoplax rotunda. - Ng, P. K. L. and Guinot, D., 2001: 311, 335. [new comb and detailed diagnosis of genus Discoplax] - Loyalty Islands
Discoplax rotunda. - Poupin, J. and Juncker, M., 2008: . - Wallis

Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: Wallis & Futuna (Alofi); Marquesas (Nuku Hiva); Tuamotu (Niau, Tikehau) - Terrestrial.

Regional Records: WALLIS & FUTUNA - Cardisoma rotunda - Poupin & Juncker, in preparation (Alofi). - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Cardisoma rotundum - Türkay, 1974: 234, fig. 1, 14 ("Tickahau-Atoll" = Tikehau). - Poupin, 1994a: 54, fig. 50, pl. 6g (Nuku Hiva; coll. Frv Marara); 1996a: 66 (Checklist). - Discoplax rotunda - Ng & Guinot, 2001: 311 (n. comb. with detailed diagnosis of genus Discoplax). - Unpublished observation, J.-F. Butaud, Niau atoll, color photographs.

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