Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Caridea - Palaemonidae - Coralliocaris

Coralliocaris superba (Dana, 1852)



Distribution : Li & Bruce (2006) - Type locality: Tongatabu Island, Tonga. Also known from Red Sea, Mozambique and Madagascar to Indonesia, Australia (Western Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Tasman Sea), eastward to French Polynesia (Society Islands).

Selected Reference(s)
Coralliocaris superba. - Stimpson, W., 1860: 40 [107). - French Polynesia
Coralliocaris superba. - Poupin, J., 1998: 14. - French Polynesia

Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: Society (Raiatea, Tahiti); Tuamotu (Fangataufa, Moruroa) - Marine; Shoreline to 10 m; Coral obligate associate (gen. Acropora).

Regional Records: Coralliocaris superba - Stimpson, 1860: 40 [107] (Tahiti; "in coralliis"). - Boone, 1935: 170, pl. 46 (Raiatea, Tahiti; "in coral"). - Chace & Bruce, 1993: 76, 77 (Syn.; Key). - Poupin, 1998: 14 (Checklist; coll. Frv Marara, J. Poupin April/May 1996 & April-May, 1997, det. A.J. Bruce, Fangataufa MNHN Na13409, Moruroa; in coral Acropora).


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/