Distribution : Serčne (1984: 205) - Indian Ocean (Christmas I.). West and central Pacific (Gilbert Is., Amami-Oshima, Society and Tuamotu).
Selected Reference(s) Lioxanthodes alcocki. -
Monteforte, M., 1983: 9. - French Polynesia
Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)Distribution & Ecology: Society (Moorea); Tuamotu (Makatea, Mataiva, Takapoto, Tikehau) - Marine; Shoreline to 10 m; ?Hard bottom.
Regional Records: Lioxanthodes alcocki - Monteforte, 1984: 171, annex 1, tab. a (Makatea, Mataiva, Moorea, Takapoto); 1987: 9 (Moorea). - Delesalle, 1985: 289 (Mataiva). - Guinot, 1985: 451 (List). - Peyrot-Clausade, 1989: 113 (Tikehau). - Poupin, 1996a: 49 (Checklist). - Unpublished collection (Moorea, photograph by G. Paulay, June 2006, reef rock taken on the algal crest and dominated by a couple of species of coralline algae, this animal was very common, not scleractinian-associated in this habitat.) - Moorea Biocode project.
References : compilation of references cited in Poupin (1996, 1998, 2003) and Poupin et al. (2009) -
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