Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Brachyura - Grapsidae - Metopograpsus

Metopograpsus thukuhar (Owen, 1839)


Distribution : (Davie, 2002: 218) - IWP, South Africa, Australia, Japan, Hawaii. Plus Wallis & Futuna, French Polynesia.

Selected Reference(s)
Metopograpsus thukuar. - Poupin, J., 1994: 61, fig. 57, pl. 7d. - French Polynesia
Metopograpsus thukuar. - Keith, P., Vigneux, E. and Marquet, G., 2002: 68, photograph. - French Polynesia
Metopograpsus thukuar. - Poupin, J. and Juncker, M., 2008: . - Wallis

Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: Wallis & Futuna (Alofi, Futuna, Wallis); Austral (Rapa, Raevavae, Tubuai); Marquesas (Hiva Oa, Nuku Hiva), Gambier (Mangareva); Society (Moorea, Raiatea, Tahiti); Tuamotu (Hao, Rangiroa, Taiaro, Tikehau) - Marine; Shoreline to 10 m; Terrestrial affinities; Hard bottom, Brackish water.

Regional Records: WALLIS & FUTUNA - Metopograpsus thukuar - Poupin & Juncker, in prep (Alofi, Futuna, Wallis). - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Metopograpsus thukuar - Stimpson, 1858b: 101; 1907: 114 [47] (Tahiti). - Heller, 1865: 43 (Tahiti). - Nobili, 1907: 404 (Hao, "Rikitea" = Mangareva). - Seurat, 1934: 59 (Mangareva). - Banerjee, 1960: 186, fig. 6f-g (Tahiti). - Forest & Guinot, 1961: 155, fig. 162, 167 (Tahiti); 1962: 72 (Biogeography "Tahiti-Tuamotu"). - Guinot, 1985: 453 (List). - Marquet, 1988: 90, fig. 48, tab. 23; 1991: 130, tab. 1-2; 1993: tab. 1, 3 (Mangareva, Moorea, Tahiti, Tubuai). - Poupin, 1994a: 61, fig. 57, pl. 7d (Hao, Mangareva, Tahiti, Taiaro; coll. Frv Marara); 1996a: 68 (Checklist). - Keith et al., 2002: 68, photograph (Atlas: Austral, Gambier, Society). - Relevant material - ? Metopograpsus sp. - Monteforte 1984: 172, annex 1, tab. a (Moorea, Tahiti, Makatea, Mataiva, Takapoto; sp. 1); (Tahiti; sp. 2). - Unpublished record, coll. & det. G. Paulay, Raiatea, Rangiora, Tikehau (FLMNH-UF); coll. BENTHAUS Expedition (Poupin), Austral Rapa Island, Haurei Bay, November 11, 2002 (4 spp. in MNHN), Raevavae (Poupin, Molodstova) November 16, 2002 (2 spp. in MNHN), Tubuai (Poupin) November 18, 2002 (2 spp. in MNHN), det. J. Poupin November 25, 2003 . - Field observation, 2006, photograph by P. Bacchet, det. Poupin, Tahiti, lagoon at night, about 2 m. - Moorea Biocode project. - AAMP, Marquesas, 2012, Leg 3, St. MQ10-M, coll. Poupin, Starmer, intertidal, sample LC52, St. MQ33-M, Nuku Hiva, Anse de Hakatea, intertidal, coll. Corbari, sample LC395.

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