Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Brachyura - Xanthidae - Forestia

Forestia depressa (White, 1847)


Selected Reference(s)
Actaea depressa. - Balss, H., 1935: 136. [Serčne (1984: 106) indicate a '?' in front of this reference] - French Polynesia

Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: Marquesas - Marine; Shoreline to 10 m; ?Hard bottom.

Regional Records: Actaea depressa - Balss, 1935: 136 (Marquesas). - Forestia depressa - Guinot, 1976: 262 (Syn.; with a ? for Balss' reference); 1985: 450 (List; with a ? in front of "Marquesas"). - Serčne, 1984: 106 (Syn.; with a ? in front of Balss' reference). - Poupin, 1996a: 43, 77 (Checklist). - Remark: In Guinot (1976) and Serčne (1984), at least one specimen attributed to Actaea depressa, by Balss (1938: 54), would be in fact a Forestia scabra (Odhner, 1925).

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/