Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Anomura - Diogenidae - Dardanus

Dardanus deformis (H. Milne Edwards, 1836)


Selected Reference(s)
Pagurus difformis. - Heller, C., 1865: 86. - French Polynesia
Dardanus deformis. - McLaughlin, P. A. and Dworschak, P. C., 2001: 151. [Heller specimens reexamined in Wien Museum] - French Polynesia

Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: Gambier (Mangareva?); Society (Moorea, Tahiti); Tuamotu (Hao, Hikueru, Matureivavao) - Marine; Shoreline to 10 m; Hard bottom.

Regional Records: Pagurus difformis - Heller, 1865: 86 (Tahiti). - Henderson, 1888: 57 (Tahiti). - Pagurus deformis - Nobili, 1907: 370 (Hao, and Mangareva with a ?). - Boone, 1935: 28, pl. 5 (Tahiti). - Forest, 1953b: 556; 1956a: 1063 (Hikueru, Tahiti). - Dardanus deformis - Holthuis, 1953: 47 (Raroia, Tahiti). - Morrison, 1954: 7 (Raroia). - Rahayu, 1988: 35 (French Polynesia). - Poupin, 1996a: 17 (Checklist, with new records at Matureivavao and Tahiti). - McLaughlin & Dworschak, 2001: 151 (Tahiti; Heller specimens reexamined in Wien Museum). - Unpublished record, coll. & det. G. Paulay, Moorea, October 26, 2001 (FLMNH-UF 1338). Copyright G. Paulay. - Moorea Biocode project.

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/