Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Caridea - Palaemonidae - Cuapetes

Cuapetes rapanui Fransen, 1987


Distribution : Li (2008: 215) - Easter I. and South of French Polynesia, Austral Is., Rapa I. 15-130/163 m

Selected Reference(s)
Kemponia rapanui. - Li, X., 2008: 215. [new combination] - French Polynesia

Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: Endemic to the region; Easter Island; Austral (Rapa) - 15-130/163 m

Regional Records: EASTER ISLAND - Periclimenes rapanui Fransen, 1987: 519, fig. 13-15 (Easter Island: Tahai, west coast, off Hanga Roa; dead coral; 30-39m). - DiSalvo et al., 1988: 458, tab. 4 (Easter Island, scuba dives 15-60m, det. Holthuis & Fransen). - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Kemponia rapanui - Li, 2008: 215 (Austral Is. Neilson Reef, BENTHAUS Expedition, stn CP 1922, 27°03.7’S, 146°03.9’W, 150-163 m, 11.XI.2002, 1 ovig. F (cl 2.22 mm), MNHNNa 15996); Neilson Reef, BENTHAUS, stn CP 1918, 27°03.4’S, 146°04’W, 130-140 m, 11.XI.2002, 1M, MNHN-Na 15981; new combination).

Depth distribution: 15 - 163 m

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/