Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Brachyura - Eumedonidae - Echinoecus

Echinoecus pentagonus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1879)



Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: Marquesas (Hatu Iti), Tuamotu (Hao, Raroia) - Marine; Shoreline to 10 m; Echinoderm associate.

Regional Records: Eumedon convictor Bouvier & Seurat, 1905: 629 (Hao). - Nobili, 1907: 382 (Hao). - Seurat, 1934: 58 (Hao). - Eumedonus convictor - Holthuis, 1953: 6 (Raroia). - Morrison, 1954: 6 (Raroia). - Eumedonus pentagonus - Forest & Guinot, 1962: 58 (Biogeography "Tahiti-Tuamotu"). - Echinoecus pentagonus - Serčne et al., 1958: 152 (Syn.). - Guinot, 1985: 453 (List). - Poupin, 1996a: 29 (Checklist). - Chia et al., 1999: 811 (Hao, Raroia; 'commensal on the anal plate region of banded spined poisonous sea urchin'). - AAMP, Marquesas, 2012, Leg 3, St. MQ27-GR, Hatu Iti, 5-22 m, coll. Starmer et al., sample LC359, in rectum of sea urchin Heterocentrotus trigonarius.

Depth distribution: 0 - 22 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/