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Decapoda - Anomura - Diogenidae - Ciliopagurus

Ciliopagurus galzini Poupin & Malay, 2009


Distribution : West Indian Ocean: Somalia (2°N) to south of Mozambic and south-west of Madagascar. Central Pacific: French Polynesia (Tuamotu). (0-30 m).


Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: Tuamotu (Rangiroa) - Marine; Shoreline to 10 m (10-20 m); Hard bottom.

Regional Records: Ciliopagurus n. sp. - Unpublished specimens, coll. G. Paulay, fore reef of Rangiroa, 10-20 m, co-occuring with C. strigatus and equally common (FLMNH-UF 1339; first record for FP; also in MNHN); re-det. J. Poupin, M. Malay. In shells of Cyprae helvola Linné, Cyprae scurra Gmelin, Cyprae schilderorum (Iredale) (Cypraeidae) and Conus pertusus Hwass in Bruguière (Conidae), det. G. Paulay from photographs. Remark - This new species is a sibling species of Ciliopagurus tricolor Forest, 1995 and was confused with it at first determination.

Depth distribution: 10 - 20 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/