Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Brachyura - Aethridae - Aethra

Aethra edentata Edmondson, 1951



Distribution : (Sakai, CD ETI) - Western Pacific. Japan, Marianas, Pagan, Guam, Hawaii, Marquesas. Plus French Polynesia (Tuamotu).


Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: Marquesas (Nuku Hiva, Ua Huka, Hiva Oa, Ua Pou, Hatu Iti); Tuamotu (Tikehau) - Marine; Shoreline to 10 m; Hard bottom.

Regional Records: Aethra edentata - Ng, 1999: 116, fig. 4 ('Taiohae Bay'=Nuku Hiva Island; sp. USNM coll. 16 September 1967). - Unpublished record. Coll. and det. G. Paulay, Tuamotu, Tikehau atoll, Hoa at E end of Tuaherahera Motu and adjacent outer reef flat SE of hoa, just off Ohotu Motu, July 10, 2001 (FLMNH-UF 1609). - AAMP, Marquesas, 2012, Leg 2, St. 3, 4, 19, Nuku Hiva, Ua Huka, 10-30 m; Leg 3, coll. Starmer, St MQ1-R, hors grotte, Nuku Hiva, 8-10 m, sample JP7, Hiva Oa, St. MQ19-R, 20-25 m, coll. Starmer et al., photos (no sample?), St. MQ24-GR-R, Ua Pou, 6-10 m, coll. Starmer et al., sample LC310 (photos), St. MQ27-GR, Hatu Iti, 5-22 m, coll. Starmer et al., sample LC321.

Depth distribution: 5 - 25 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/