Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Brachyura - Portunidae - Lissocarcinus

Lissocarcinus orbicularis Dana, 1852



Selected Reference(s)
Lissocarcinus orbicularis. - Poupin, J., 1996a: 30. - French Polynesia

Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: Society (Bora Bora, Huahine, Moorea, Raiatea, Tahiti); Tuamotu (Hikueru, Moruroa, Tikehau) - Marine; Shoreline to 10 m; Echinoderm associate (Holothurian Gen. Halodeima); Soft bottom.

Regional Records: Lissocarcinus orbicularis - Forest & Guinot, 1961: 27, fig. 15a-b, 16a-c (Hikueru); 1962: 58 (Biogeography "Tahiti-Tuamotu"). - Stephenson & Rees, 1967: 7 (Huahine, Raiatea, "Tikahau" = Tikehau). - Stephenson, 1976: 12 (Moorea). - Chevalier et al., 1968: 112, 137 (Moruroa). - Monteforte, 1984: 173, annex 1, tab. a (Tahiti). - Guinot, 1985: 449 (List). - Peyrot-Clausade, 1989: 113 (Tikehau). - Poupin, 1996a: 30 (Checklist) - New material, MNHN - Coll. C. Hily, det. K. Moosa ("Arue" = Tahiti); coll. Frv Marara, det. J. Poupin (Moruroa, in holothurian Halodeima atra). - Field observation, 2006, photograph by P. Bacchet, det. Bacchet/Poupin, Bora Bora, lagoon 25 m, with holothuria. - Moorea Biocode project.

Depth distribution: 0 - 25 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/