Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Anomura - Galatheidae - Munida

Munida ocellata Macpherson & de Saint Laurent, 1991


Distribution : French Polynesia only: Austral (Arago bank, Maria, Raevavae, Rurutu); Gambier; Society (Raiatea); Tuamotu (Akiaki, Fangataufa, Maria, Moruroa), between 200-450 m.

Selected Reference(s)
Munida ocellata. - Macpherson, E. and Saint Laurent, M. d., 1991: 403, fig. 9, pl. 1g-h. - French Polynesia
Munida ocellata. - Macpherson, E., 2006: 323. - French Polynesia

Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: Endemic to the region; Austral (Arago bank, Maria, Raevavae, Rurutu); Gambier; Society (Raiatea); Tuamotu (Akiaki, Fangataufa, Maria, Moruroa) - Marine; Deep (200-450m); Hard bottom; ?Coral facultative associate (Gorgonian).

Regional Records: FRENCH POLYNESIA - Munida ocellata Macpherson & de Saint Laurent, 1991: 403, fig. 9, pl. 1g-h (Akiaki, Gambier, Maria in Austral & Tuamotu, Moruroa, Raiatea, Raevavae; 200-380m; coll. Frv Marara, fr). - Poupin, 1996a: 96 (Checklist); 1996b: 22, pl. 10f (Same material, illustrated). - Macpherson, 2006: 323 (coll. Frv Marara, st. 472 Moruroa, 285 m, st. 491, Fangataufa, 420 m; coll. BENTHAUS Expedition 2002, Arago bank, Rurutu, 200-450 m, st. DW1973, DW2006).

Depth distribution: 200 - 450 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/