Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Brachyura - Xanthidae - Liomera

Liomera bella (Dana, 1852)


Distribution : (Serène, 1984: 61) - IWP, in the western Indian Ocean, Mozambic, Seychelles, Mauritius, Réunion, Chagos, Aldabra, Madagascar. Plus Wallis & Futuna, French Polynesia.

Selected Reference(s)
Carpilodes rugatus. - Rathbun, M. J., 1907: 37. [not Liomera rugata (H. Milne Edwards, 1834) = L. bella fide Serène (1984: 61)] - French Polynesia
Liomera bella. - Forest, J. and Guinot, D., 1961: 38, fig. 26a-b. - French Polynesia
Liomera bella. - Poupin, J. and Juncker, M., 2008: . - Wallis

Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: Wallis & Futuna (Futuna); Gambier (Mangareva, Tarauru-Roa, Vaiatekeue); Society (Moorea, Tahiti); Tuamotu (Fakareva, Hikueru, Makatea, Makemo, Marutea South, Mataiva, Moruroa, Takapoto, Takaroa, Tikehau) - Marine; Shoreline to 10 m; ?Hard bottom; ?Coral facultative associate.

Regional Records: WALLIS & FUTUNA - Liomera bella - Poupin & Juncker, in preparation (Futuna). - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Carpiloxanthus rugipes - Heller, 1865: 17 (Tahiti) not Liomera rugipes (Heller, 1861) = L. bella fide Serène (1984: 65). - Carpilodes rugatus - Nobili, 1907: 387 ("chenal Waiatekene = Vaiatekeue, "Rikitea" = Mangareva, "Waitutaki" = Marutea South). - Rathbun, 1907: 37 (Makemo) - All, not Liomera rugata (H. Milne Edwards, 1834) = L. bella fide Serène (1984: 61). - Carpilodes vaillantianus - Nobili, 1907: 387. - Carpilodes bellus - Odhner, 1925: 16, pl. 1, fig. 9 ("Eimeo" = Moorea, Makemo, Tahiti). - Buitendijk, 1960: 257, fig. 2b (Tahiti). - Liomera bella - Forest & Guinot, 1961: 38, fig. 26a-b (Hikueru, Tahiti, "Taraourou-roa" = Tarauru-Roa); 1962: 60 (Biogeography "Tahiti-Tuamotu"). - Peyrot-Clausade, 1977a, annex of the species: 26; 1977b: 212 (Moorea); 1989: 111 (Tikehau). - Monteforte, 1984: 171, annex 1, tab. a (Makatea, Mataiva, Moorea, Tahiti, Takapoto); 1987: 9 (Moorea). - Delesalle, 1985: 289 (Mataiva). - Guinot, 1985: 450 (List). - Odinetz-Collart & Richer de Forges, 1985: 201 (Moorea and/or Tahiti). - Liomera (Liomera) bella - Serène, 1984: 60, fig. 21, pl. 5e (Syn.). - Poupin, 1996a: 38 (Checklist) - New material - Coll. & det. J. Poupin (Moruroa; coll. Frv Marara) - Synonyms - Carpilodes vaillantianus A. Milne Edwards, 1862. - Unpublished sp., coll. G. Paulay, Moora, October 23, 2001, Tiahura reef transect, < 1km W. of Passe Taotai (arbitrarily placed under L. bella by J. Poupin) (FLMNH-UF 1505). - Moorea Biocode project.

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