Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Anomura - Coenobitidae - Coenobita

Coenobita spinosus H. Milne Edwards, 1837


Distribution : Rarely reported. Japan (Asakura, 2004), Wallis & Futuna, French Polynesia

Selected Reference(s)
Coenobita spinosus. - Poupin, J. and Juncker, M., 2008: . - Wallis & Futuna

Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: Wallis & Futuna (Alofi, Futuna); Austral (Rimatara, Raevavae, Tubuai); Society (Maupiti, Moorea, Tahiti); Tuamotu (Ahe and/or Manihi, Amanu, Niau, Nukutipipi, Reao) - Terrestrial.

Regional Records: WALLIS & FUTUNA - Coenobita spinosus - Poupin & Juncker, in preparation (Alofi, Futuna) - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Cenobita olivieri - Dana, 1852b: 470 ("Clermont Tonnerre" = Reao, Tahiti, "Waterland" = Ahe and/or Manihi) not C. olivieri (Owen, 1839) = C. spinosus fide Ortmann (1892a: 318). - Coenobita spinosus - Nobili, 1907: 374 (Amanu). - Sendler, 1923: 43 ("Nian"=Niau). - Seurat, 1934: 52 (Amanu). - Forest, 1956a: 1056 (French Polynesia). - Merschardt-Salvat, 1991: 40 (Nukutipipi). - Salvat F. & B., 1992: 5 (Nukutipipi). - Poupin, 1994a: 14, fig. 10, pl. 1g (Amanu, Moorea, Tahiti); 1996a: 12, 13, 77 (Checklist). - Field observation and photographs, Tubuai Is., B. Fontaine et O. Gargominy; Maupiti (July 12, 2003), Rimatara (November 2, 2004), Raivavae (January 1, 2005), Jean François Butaud (e-mail January 17, 2005). Leg. B. Fontaine, O. Gargominy, 2 spp. in MNHN October 2005 (Rimatara, October 2004)

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/