Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Anomura - Galatheidae - Munida

Munida rubella Macpherson & de Saint Laurent, 1991


Distribution : French Polynesia: Austral (Rimatara); Society (Tahiti); Tuamotu (Fangataufa, Moruroa) - (500-700m)

Selected Reference(s)
Munida rubella. - Macpherson, E. and Saint Laurent, M. d., 1991: 392, fig. 6, pl.1d. - French Polynesia
Munida rubella. - Macpherson, E., 2006: 324. - French Polynesia

Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: Endemic to the region; Austral (Rimatara); Society (Tahiti); Tuamotu (Fangataufa, Moruroa) - Marine; Deep (500-700m); Hard bottom; ?Coral facultative associate (Gorgonian).

Regional Records: Munida rubella Macpherson & de Saint Laurent, 1991: 392, fig. 6, pl.1d (Fangataufa, Moruroa, Rimatara, "Taravao" = Tahiti; 500-700m; coll. Frv Marara, fr). - Poupin, 1996a: 97 (Checklist); 1996b: 24, pl. 11c (Same material). - Macpherson, 2006: 324 (coll. Frv Marara, st. 440, 482, Fangataufa, Moruroa, 510-650 m).

Depth distribution: 500 - 700 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/