Distribution : Sakai (2004 - CD) - Indo-West Pacific. Red Sea to Fiji. This include, Seychelles, Réunion, Maurice, Chagos, Andaman, Taiwan, Japan, Philippines, New Caledonia. Plus French Polynesia (Society).
Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)Distribution & Ecology: Austral (?Neilson reef); Tuamotu (Rangiroa); Society (Moorea). - Marine; Shoreline to 10 m; Hard bottom.
Regional Records: Tylocarcinus styx - Unpublished specimens, coll. & det. G. Paulay, Rangiroa, October 10, 2001 (FLMNH-UF 1638), also (FLMNH-UF 1528, 1535, 1570, 1590, 1598, 1654). (first record for FP); Austral, Neilson reef, coll. BENTHAUS Expedition, stn DW1917, dredge 50-60 m, prov. det. J. Poupin from photograph. - Moorea Biocode project (with a '?'). - Remark - This record, initially mentioned under Tiarinia cornigera (Latreille, 1825), was corrected into Tylocarcinus styx in February 2009, based on redetermination by G. Paulay.
References : compilation of references cited in Poupin (1996, 1998, 2003) and Poupin et al. (2009) -
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