Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Anomura - Diogenidae - Dardanus

Dardanus megistos (Herbst, 1804)



Distribution : (McLaughlin et al., 2007: 95) - Read Sea and east coast of Africa eastwards through Indo-Pacific to Liu-Kiu Is., Australia, South China Sea, Taiwan, French Polynesia, Hawaii. Plus Wallis & Futuna.

Selected Reference(s)
Dardanus megistos. - Poupin, J., 1994: 23, fig. 19, pl. 2g. - French Polynesia
Color photograph only. - Juncker, M., 2004: 57, back cover. - Wallis & Futuna
Dardanus megistos. - Poupin, J. and Juncker, M., 2008: . - Wallis & Futuna

Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: Wallis & Futuna (Alofi, Futuna, Wallis); Society (Tahiti); Tuamotu (Fangataufa, Hao, Rangiroa, Raroia, Tagatau, Taiaro, Tikehau) - Marine; Shoreline to 10 m (0-25); Anemone associate.

Regional Records: WALLIS & FUTUNA - Juncker, 2004: 57 and back cover, color photographs (Wallis & Futuna, det. J. Poupin from photographs only). - Poupin & Juncker, in preparation (Alofi, Futuna, Wallis) - FRENCH POLYENSIA - Pagurus spinimanus Edw. - Dana, 1852b: 452 (with a ?); 1855, pl. 28, fig. 5a-c (Tuamotu). - Boone, 1935: 34, pl. 7 (Tahiti). - Pagurus punctulatus Olivier - Heller, 1865: 87 (Tahiti). - Nobili, 1907: 370 ("Ohura" = Hao, Tagatau). - Pagurus megistos - Forest, 1953b: 559; 1956a: 1064 (Tahiti). - Dardanus megistos - Holthuis, 1953: 49 (Raroia). - Morrison, 1954: 7 (Raroia). - Rahayu, 1988: 33 (French Polynesia). - Poupin, 1994a: 23, fig. 19, pl. 2g (Tahiti, Taiaro); 1996a: 18 (Checklist); 1996b: 18, pl. 8b (Hao, Raroia, Tagatau, Tahiti, Taiaro; 0-25m; coll. Frv Marara). - McLaughlin & Dworschak, 2002: 151 (Tahiti; Heller specimens reexamined in Wien Museum). - Without name - ? Salvat & Rives, 1975: 57, full page photograph (French Polynesia; det. according to the photograph). - Synonyms - Pagurus punctulatus Olivier, 1811; P. spinimanus H. Milne Edwards, 1848 - Field observation - May 1997, coll. & det. J. Poupin (Fangataufa). - Unpublished sp., coll. & det. G. Paulay, Tikehau, Rangiroa (FLMNH-UF). - Field observation, 2006, photograph by P. Bacchet, det. Bacchet/Poupin, Tahiti, lagoon at night, 10 m. - Moorea Biocode project.

Depth distribution: 0 - 25 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/