Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Caridea - Palaemonidae - Epipontonia

Epipontonia tahitensis Bruce, 2004



Selected Reference(s)
Epipontonia tahitensis. - Bruce, A. J., 2004: 280, fig. 1-4. - French Polynesia

Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: Endemic to the region; Society (Tahiti). - ? Shoreline to 10 m; ? Marine; ? Sponge associate.

Regional Records: Epipontonia tahitensis Bruce, 2004: 280, fig. 1-4 (Tahiti, coll. O. Odinetz, stn? 11, 1982, 1 ov. female, MNHN Na 15021; p. 279: "This species is one of the smallest pontoniine known and its host, presumed to be a sponge, has not been identified").


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/