Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Brachyura - Carpiliidae - Carpilius

Carpilius maculatus (Linnaeus, 1758)


Distribution : Indo-West Pacific. Includes Wallis & Futuna, French Polynesia.

Selected Reference(s)
Carpilius maculatus. - Forest, J. and Guinot, D., 1961: 37. - French Polynesia
Carpilius maculatus. - Poupin, J., 1994: 46, fig. 42, pl. 5e. - French Polynesia
Carpilius maculatus. - Poupin, J. and Juncker, M., 2008: . - Wallis

Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: Wallis & Futuna (Alofi, Futuna, Wallis); Gambier; Society (Moorea, Tahiti); Tuamotu (Fakarava, Fangataufa, Hao, Hikueru, Makatea, Mataiva, Moorea, Moruroa, Rangiroa, Raraka, Raroia, Taiaro, Takapoto) - Marine; Shoreline to 10 m; Hard bottom.

Regional Records: WALLIS & FUTUNA - Carpilius maculatus - Poupin & Juncker, in preparation (Alofi, Futuna, Wallis). - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Carpilius maculatus - Dana, 1852b: 160 (Raraka). - Stimpson, 1858a: 32; 1907: 37 (Tahiti). - Heller, 1865: 9 (Tahiti). - Nobili, 1907: 386 ("Ohura" = Hao). - Rathbun, 1907: 37 (Fakarava, Tahiti). - Pesta, 1913: 39, pl. 3, fig. 4 (Tahiti, with a ?). - Boone, 1934: 86, pl. 39-42 (Tahiti). - Seurat, 1934: 60 (Gambier, Tuamotu). - Holthuis, 1953: 12 (Raroia). - Chabouis L. & F., 1954: 91, fig. 1 (French Polynesia). - Morrison, 1954: 16 (Raroia). - Bablet, 1972: 32, pl. 11 (French Polynesia). - Forest & Guinot, 1961: 37 (Hikueru, Tahiti); 1962: 60 (Biogeography "Tahiti-Tuamotu"). - Guinot, 1966a: 48 (French Polynesia); 1985: 450 (List). - Chevalier et al., 1968: 92, 138 (Moruroa). - Crosnier, 1984: 302, fig. 208-209, pl. 44e (Mataiva). - Monteforte, 1984: 170, annex 1, tab. a, photograph p.140a (haut) (Makatea, Mataiva, Moorea, Tahiti, Takapoto). - Delesalle, 1985: 289 (Mataiva). - Salvat, 1986b: 72, photograph (French Polynesia). - Pardon, 1992: 82, photograph (Tahiti). - Bonvallot et al., 1994: 141, photograph (Tuamotu). - Poupin, 1994a: 46, fig. 42, pl. 5e (Mataiva, Tahiti, Taiaro); 1996a: 62 (Checklist) - Field observation - May 1997, coll. & det. J. Poupin (Fangataufa). - Unpublished record, coll. & det. G. Paulay, Rangiroa (FLMNH-UF 1428). - Field observation, 2006, photograph by P. Bacchet, det. Bacchet/Poupin, Tahiti, outer slope at night.

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