Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Anomura - Galatheidae - Munida

Munida polynoe Macpherson & de Saint Laurent, 1991


Distribution : French Polynesia: Austral (Rurutu); Tuamotu (Fakarava, Fangataufa) - (200-500 m)

Selected Reference(s)
Munida polynoe. - Macpherson, E. and Saint Laurent, M. d., 1991: 412, fig. 12. - French Polynesia
Munida polynoe. - Macpherson, E., 2006: 323. - French Polynesia

Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: Endemic to the region; Austral (Rurutu); Tuamotu (Fakarava, Fangataufa) - Marine; Deep (200-500m); Hard bottom; ?Coral facultative associate (Gorgonian).

Regional Records: Munida polynoe Macpherson & de Saint Laurent, 1991: 412, fig. 12 (Fakarava; 398m; coll. Frv Marara, fr). - Poupin, 1996a: 97 (Checklist). - Macpherson, 2006: 323 (coll. Frv Marara, st. 438, Fangataufa, 410 m; coll. BENTHAUS Exp. Austral 2002, Rurutu, st. DW2001, 200-500 m).

Depth distribution: 200 - 500 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/