Distribution : Li & Bruce (2006) - Type locality: Mombasa Island, Kenya. Also known from Mozambique, Seychelles, Maldive Islands, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Ryukyu Islands, Indonesia, Papua-New Guinea, and Australia (Northern Territory and Queensland). Plus Madagascar and French Polynesia.
Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)Distribution & Ecology: Society (Tahiti); Tuamotu (Fangataufa) - Marine; Shoreline to 10 m; Coral facultative associate (Gen. Acropora, Pocillopora).
Regional Records: Coralliocaris viridis - Odinetz, 1983: 207 (Tahiti; in coral Pocillopora, non obligate associate). - Poupin, 1998: 14 (Checklist; coll. Frv Marara, J. Poupin April-May 1997, det. A.J. Bruce, Fangataufa MNHN Na13412; in coral Acropora). - Remark: In Odinetz this species is indicated as "Gnathocaris ? viridis Bruce" but it is correctly recorded under Coralliocaris viridis in Paris (MNHN Na6625). - Li, 2008: 206 (Tuamotu Is. IV.1996, coll. J. Poupin, 1 ovig. F MNHN-Na 15944).
References : compilation of references cited in Poupin (1996, 1998, 2003) and Poupin et al. (2009) -
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