Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Brachyura - Grapsidae - Grapsus

Grapsus tenuicrustatus (Herbst, 1783)



Distribution : (Davie, 2002: 215) - IWP, east Africa to Australia, Japan, Hawaii. Plus Wallis & Futuna, French Polynesia.

Selected Reference(s)
Grapus tenuicrustatus. - Forest, J. and Guinot, D., 1961: 154. - French Polynesia
Grapus tenuicrustatus. - Poupin, J., 1994: 60, fig. 56, pl. 7c. - French Polynesia
Grapus tenuicrustatus. - Poupin, J. and Juncker, M., 2008: . - Wallis

Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: Wallis & Futuna (Alofi, Futuna, Wallis); Austral (Tubuai); Gambier (Kamaka); Marquesas (Eiao, Hatu Iti, Nuku Hiva, Tahuata); Society (Moorea, Tahiti); Tuamotu (Fakarava, Hao, Hikueru, Makatea, Makemo, Mataiva, Moruroa, Rangiroa, Raroia, Taiaro, Takapoto) - Marine; Shoreline to 10 m; Terrestrial affinities; Hard bottom.

Regional Records: WALLIS & FUTUNA - Grapsus tenuicrustatus - Poupin & Juncker, in prep. (Alofi, Futuna, Wallis). - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Grapsus pictus - Dana, 1852b: 336; 1855, pl. 21, fig.1 (Tuamotu). - Grapsus grapsus - Nobili, 1907: 404 (Hao, Kamaka) not Grapsus grapsus Linné, 1758 = G. tenuicrustatus fide Forest & Guinot (1961: 154). - Grapsus grapsus tenuicrustatus - Rathbun, 1907: 27 (Fakarava, Makemo, Rangiroa). - Grapsus gracilipes - Sendler, 1923: 31(Makatea). - Grapsus gracillimus Sendler, 1923: 32, pl. 21, fig. 5 (Makatea). - Grapsus tenuicrustatus - Holthuis, 1953: 31 (Raroia). - Chabouis L. & F., 1954: 91, fig. 6 (French Polynesia). - Morrison, 1954: 9 (Raroia). - Banerjee, 1960: 134, fig. 1a, 2a, c-g (Raroia; Syn.). - Forest & Guinot, 1961: 154 (Hikueru; Syn.); 1962: 72 (Biogeography "Tahiti-Tuamotu"). - Monteforte, 1984: 172, annex 1, tab. a (Makatea, Mataiva, Moorea, Tahiti, Takapoto). - Delesalle, 1985: 289 (Mataiva). - Guinot, 1985: 453 (List). - Salvat & Richard, 1985: 360 (Takapoto). - Pardon, 1992: 82, photograph (Tuamotu). - Poupin, 1994a: 60, fig. 56, pl. 7c (Nuku Hiva, Tahiti, Taiaro, Takapoto; coll. Frv Marara); 1996a: 67 (Checklist). - The following works refer also probably to this species: Grapsus maculatus - Kingsley, 1880c: 192 (Tahiti) = G. grapsus fide Ortmann (1894: 703). - Grapsus grapsus - Sendler, 1923: 30 (Makatea). -Boone, 1934: 178, pl. 90 ("Anaho Bay" = Nuku Hiva). - Chevalier et al., 1968: 95, 138 (Moruroa). - Bagnis & Christian, 1983: 112-113, photograph (Tuamotu). - Grapsus albolineatus - Bonvallot et al., 1994: 137, photograph, (Tuamotu; det. according to the photograph) - Synonyms - Grapsus pictus Latreille, 1802-1803; Grapsus gracilipes H. Milne Edwards, 1853; Grapsus gracillimus Sendler, 1923. - Remark: Banerdjee (1960: 139) mentions that Grapsus grapsus (Linné, 1758) is solely Atlantic. More recently, Manning & Holthuis (1981: 233) have also mentioned it from the Eastern Pacific. - Unpublished record, coll. & det. G. Paulay, Rangiroa, October 1, 2001 (FLMNH-UF 1427); coll. BENTHAUS Expedition (Poupin), Tubuai November 18, 2002, det. J. Poupin November 25, 2003 (1 sp. in MNHN). - Moorea Biocode project. - AAMP, Marquesas, 2012, Leg 3, St. MQ5-M, Nuku Hiva, intertidal, coll. Starmer, Poupin, sample JP20 (juvenile?), plus photo in situ, no sample, St. MQ7-M, Nuku Hiva, baie Controleur, 0-1 m, coll. Corbari et al, sample JP32, St. MQ12-M, Tahuata, intertidal, coll. Corbari et al., sample LC110, St. MQ16-M, Fatu Hiva, intertidal, coll. Corbari et al., juveniles? sample LC171, St. MQ27-M, Hatu Iti, intertidal, coll. Starmer et al., sample LC320, St. MQ29-M, Eiao, intertidal, coll. Corbari et al., sample LC374.


References : compilation of references cited in Poupin (1996, 1998, 2003) and Poupin et al. (2009) - PDF 412 Ko



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