Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Brachyura - Plagusiidae - Plagusia

Plagusia dentipes De Haan, 1835


Distribution : (Dawson, 1987: 41): North Pacific warm temperate region, Japan, Korea, Taiwan; Tropical West and East Pacific region, Norfolk, Lord Howe, Kermadec; Easter Island. - Littoral; Hard bottom.


Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: Easter Island.

Regional Records: EASTER ISLAND - Plagusia dentipes - Rathbun, 1907: 36 (Easter Island, shore). - Garth, 1973: 326 (Rathbun sp. and 2 new spp., Easter Island). - Griffin, 1973: 435, fig. 14b (Easter Island, with discussion on affinities with the very similar P. chabrus and this conclusion "P. dentipes thus appears quite definitely to be a valid species").

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/