Distribution : Central South Pacific: Rapa Island and Easter Island.
Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)Distribution & Ecology: Easter Island; Autral Islands (Rapa). - Marine; Shoreline to 10 m; Hard bottom.
Regional Records: EASTER ISLAND - Parribacus perlatus Holthuis, 1967: 305 (Easter Island, type locality, Anakena, La Pérouse bay; "in sand among rock"). - Holthuis, 1972: 44, pl. 1 (same specimens). - Báez & Ruiz, 1985: 99 (Easter Island; specimens deposited in MNHN Santiago, coll. 1976-1978). - DiSalvo et al., 1988: 457 ("The most conspicuous of the crustaceans at Easter Island are ... Parribacus perlatus ..."). - Holthuis, 1991: 214 (Distribution "So far only known from Easter Island"). - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Parribacus perlatus - Unpublished spp., coll. BENTHAUS Expedition 2002, malacologist team, det. J. Poupin June 2003 (4 spp. cl 37-52 mm, Rapa, 2-18 m).
Depth distribution: 2 - 18 m
References : compilation of references cited in Poupin (1996, 1998, 2003) and Poupin et al. (2009) -
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