Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Brachyura - Domeciidae - Domecia

Domecia hispida Eydoux & Souleyet, 1842


Distribution : (Hendrickx, 1995b : 135; Castro et al., 2004) - Red Sea to Mexico, including Hawaii and French Polynesia. In the Eastern Pacific, from the gulf of California to Equator (La Plata I.) and Oceanic Islands: Baja California Sur, Revillagigedo (Clarion, Socorro), Clipperton, Galapagos.

Remarks : Carapace 9x11 mm

Selected Reference(s)
Domecia hispida. - Rathbun, M. J., 1907: 60. - French Polynesia
Domecia hispida. - Garth, J. S., 1965: . - Clipperton
Domecia hispida. - Castro, P., Ng, P. K. L. and Ahyong, S. T., 2004: 19. [Nomenclature problem] - French Polynesia

Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: Clipperton (shallow water, 20 m, in coral Pocillopora); Austral (Arago bank, Thiers bank); Gambier (Mangareva); Marquesas (Hiva Oa, Nuku Hiva); Society (Moorea, Tahiti); Tuamotu (Hikueru, Makemo, Takapoto, Tikehau) - Marine; Shoreline to 10 m; Coral obligate associate (Gen. Pocillopora).

Regional Records: CLIPPERTON - Domecia hispida - Garth, 1965 (Clipperton). - Hendrickx, 1995b : 135 (distribution). - Castro et al., 2004: 17-19 (synonymy, distribution, key). - Poupin et al., 2007 (Clipperton new coll.). - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Domecia hispida - Dana, 1852b: 251 (Tahiti). - Rathbun, 1907: 60 (Makemo). - Boone, 1934: 162, pl. 85 (Nuku Hiva). - Forest & Guinot, 1961: 126, fig. 117-119, 124bis, pl. 28, fig. 1 (Hikueru); 1962: 68 (Biogeography "Tahiti-Tuamotu, Marquesas"). - Peyrot-Clausade, 1977a, annex of the species: 26; 1977b: 213 (Moorea); 1989: 111, 114 (Moorea, Tikehau; 10m). - Naim, 1980a, annex 1, tab. 3 (Moorea). - Kropp & Birkeland, 1981: 629, tab. 5 (Moorea, Takapoto). - Odinetz, 1983: 205 (Moorea, Tahiti, Takapoto; coral Pocillopora associate). - Guinot, 1985: 450 (List). - Odinetz-Collart & Richer de Forges, 1985: 201 (Moorea and/or Tahiti, Takapoto). - Poupin, 1996a: 63 (Checklist). - Not Domecia hispida - Nobili, 1907: 404 (Hao) = Domecia glabra Alcock, 1899 fide Forest & Guinot (1961: 126) - Castro et al., 2004: 19, pl. 1A (nomenclature problem; photograph of a specimen from Marquesas). - Unpublished specimens in MNHN collection, coll. & det. J. Poupin, Marquesas (Nuku Hiva); coll. BENTHAUS Expedition 2002, det. J. Poupin October 2006 : Arago bank, st DW1984, 40 m, 4 spp.; Thiers Bank, st. DW1926, 50-90 m, 1 sp. - Moorea Biocode project. - AAMP, Marquesas, 2012, Leg 2, St. 5, Nuku Hiva, 4 m, 1 ov. female 10x12 mm, coll. N. Evans; Leg 3, St. MQ17-R, bank off Motane, 35-40 m, coll. Starmer et al., sample LC195.

Depth distribution: 0 - 40 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/