Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Brachyura - Xanthidae - Leptodius

Leptodius gracilis (Dana, 1852)


Distribution : (Davie, 2002: 551) - IWP, East Africa, Australia, Japan, Hawaii, French Polynesia. Includes Wallis & Futuna.

Selected Reference(s)
Leptodius gracilis. - Nobili, G., 1907: 389. - French Polynesia
Leptodius gracilis. - Forest, J. and Guinot, D., 1961: 64, fig. 57, 58a-b, pl. 2, fig. 4. - French Polynesia
Leptodius gracilis. - Poupin, J. and Juncker, M., 2008: . - Wallis

Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: Wallis & Futuna (Futuna); Austral (Raevave); Gambier (Rikitea); Tuamotu (Hikueru, Moruroa, Rangiroa, Raroia) - Marine; Shoreline to 10 m; Hard bottom; ?Coral facultative associate.

Regional Records: WALLIS & FUTUNA - Leptodius gracilis - Poupin & Juncker, in preparation (Futuna). - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Leptodius gracilis - Nobili, 1907: 389 (Rikitea). - Forest & Guinot, 1961: 64, fig. 57, 58a-b, pl. 2, fig. 4 (Hikueru); 1962: 62 (Biogeography "Tahiti-Tuamotu"). - Guinot, 1985: 450 (List). - Poupin, 1994a: 39, fig. 35, pl. 4f (Hikueru, Moruroa; coll. Frv Marara). - Xantho gracilis - Holthuis, 1953: 27 (Raroia). - Morrison, 1954: 7 (Raroia). - Buitendijk, 1960: 335 (Rangiroa). - Poupin, 1996a: 49 (Checklist). - Unpublished spp., coll. BENTHAUS Expedition (Poupin, Richer, Warèn), November 16, 2002, Raevavae, seashore, det. J. Poupin November 25, 2003 (3 spp. in MNHN collections).

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/