Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Anomura - Diogenidae - Dardanus

Dardanus brachyops Forest, 1962


Selected Reference(s)
Dardanus brachyops. - Poupin, J., 1996a: 7, 17, 96. - French Polynesia
Dardanus brachyops. - Poupin, J., 1996b: 18, pl. 8d. - French Polynesia

Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: Marquesas (Eiao, Hiva Oa, Tahuata, Ua Pou); Society (Bora Bora, Maupiti) - Marine; Deep (80-300m); Hard bottom.

Regional Records: Dardanus brachyops - Poupin, 1996a: 7, 17, 96 (Checklist); 1996b: 18, pl. 8d (Bora Bora, Maupiti, Tahuata; 110-300m; coll. Frv Marara, fr). - Unpublished observation. Det. D.L. Rahayu, April 2007 from specimens in MNHN collection. Coll. MUSORSTOM 9, station CP1156, Eiao, 80 m, DW1218, Hiva Oa, 121-135 m, CP 1265, Ua Pou, 90-92 m.- Remark: this species is mostly recorded beyond 100m in French Polynesia, but it is merely sublittoral in Forest (1962: 365; more than 33m to 80m).

Depth distribution: 80 - 300 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/