Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Brachyura - Portunidae - Podophthalmus

Podophthalmus vigil (Fabricius, 1798)


Distribution : Widely distributed in the Indo-West Pacific

Selected Reference(s)
Podophthalmus vigil. - Poupin, J., 1996a: 37. - French Polynesia
Podophthalmus vigil. - Crosnier, A., 2002: 447. - French Polynesia

Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: Austral (Rapa); Marquesas (Hiva Oa, Nuku Hiva); Society (Moorea, Tahiti) - Brackish water; Soft bottom; Burrower; Marine; Shoreline to 10 m (and up to 70 m).

Regional Records: Podophthalmus vigil - Forest & Guinot, 1961: 36 (Tahiti); 1962: 60 (Biogeography "Tahiti-Tuamotu"). - Stephenson & Rees, 1967: 104 ("Opunohu Bay" = Moorea). - Guinot, 1985: 449 (List). - Monteforte, 1984: 173, annex 1, tab. a (Moorea). - Poupin, 1996a: 37 (Checklist). - Crosnier, 2002: 447 (Hiva Oa, Nuku Hiva; juveniles 25/30-38/77 m; coll. MUSORSTOM 9, stn CP1187, CP1226) - Unpublished material, MNHN - Coll. V. Puyo, det. J. Poupin (Rapa).

Depth distribution: 0 - 70 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/