Distribution : French Polynesia (Marquesas, Society: Moorea, Tahiti); Japan (Ogasawara Is.).
Selected Reference(s) Dardanus robustus. -
Asakura, A., 2006: 15, figs. 8-14, 15A, 32. - French Polynesia
Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)Distribution & Ecology: Marquesas; Society (Moorea, Tahiti). - Marine; Hard bottom; Shoreline to 10 m.
Regional Records: Dardanus robustus Asakura, 2006: 15, figs. 8-14, 15A, 32 (Tahiti, Moorea, Marquesas; USNM specimens, coll. Smithsonian Bredin Expedition & USS Schooner Wachusett). - Remark. This new species ressembles to Dardanus lagopodes illustrated from the Tuamotu in this Database. Conspecific?
References : compilation of references cited in Poupin (1996, 1998, 2003) and Poupin et al. (2009) -
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