Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Brachyura - Domeciidae - Domecia

Domecia glabra Alcock, 1899


Selected Reference(s)
Domecia glabra. - Forest, J. and Guinot, D., 1961: 126, fig. 115-116, 120-122, 124bis. - French Polynesia
Domecia glabra. - Castro, P., Ng, P. K. L. and Ahyong, S. T., 2004: 19. [Key to species of Domecia] - Indo-West Pacific

Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: Australs (Raevavae); Society (Moorea, Tahiti); Tuamotu (Hao, Tikehau) - Marine; Shoreline to 10 m (30-50m); Coral obligate associate (Gen. Acropora).

Regional Records: Domecia hispida - Nobili, 1907: 404 (Hao) not Domecia hispida Eydoux & Souleyet, 1842 = D. glabra fide Forest & Guinot (1961: 126). - Domecia glabra - Forest & Guinot, 1961: 126, fig. 115-116, 120-122, 124bis (Hao); 1962: 68 (Biogeography "Tahiti-Tuamotu"). - Guinot, 1962: 240, fig. 13a-b (Hao). - Peyrot-Clausade, 1977a, annex of the species: 26; 1977b: 213 (Moorea); 1989: 111 (Tikehau; 30m). - Guinot, 1985: 450 (List). - Poupin, 1996a: 63 (Checklist) - Unpublished specimen - Coll. J. Poupin (Raevavae, 50m), det. P. Castro. - Remark: associated with Acropora coral, according to Castro (1976: 103). - Castro et al., 2004: 19 (Key to species of Domecia). - Moorea Biocode project.

Depth distribution: 0 - 50 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/