Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Brachyura - Xanthidae - Lybia

Lybia caestifera (Alcock, 1897)



Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: Society (Tahiti); Tuamotu (Mataiva?) - Marine; Shoreline to 10 m; Coral facultative associate; Anemone associate.

Regional Records: Lybia caestifera - Rathbun, 1907: 60 (Tahiti). - Forest & Guinot, 1962: 68 (Biogeography "Tahiti-Tuamotu"). - Guinot, 1976: 75 (Syn.; Rathbun's reference with a ?); 1985: 452, with a ? (List). - Poupin, 1996a: 37 (Checklist) - Relevant material - Lybia cf. coestifera (sic) - Monteforte, 1984: 171, annex 1, tab. a (Mataiva). - Remark: small anemones on the claws.

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