Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Brachyura - Ocypodidae - Ocypode

Ocypode pallidula Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846



Distribution : (Davie, 2002: 358) - Indo-west central Pacific Oceans. Includes Australia, Wallis & Futuna, French Polynesia.

Selected Reference(s)
Ocypode pallidula. - Hombron, J. B. and Jacquinot, H., 1842-1854: pl. 6, fig. 1a. - French Polynesia
Ocypode pallidula. - Poupin, J., 1994: 70, fig. 66, pl. 8f. - French Polynesia
Ocypode pallidula. - Poupin, J. and Juncker, M., 2008: . - Wallis

Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: Wallis & Futuna (Alofi); Austral (Raevavae); Gambier (Aukena, Mangareva); Marquesas (Nuku Hiva); Tuamotu (Marutea South?, Moruroa) - Marine; Shoreline to 10 m; Terrestrial affinities; Soft bottom (sand); Burrower.

Regional Records: WALLIS & FUTUNA - Ocypode pallidula - Poupin & Juncker, in preparation (Alofi). - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Ocypode pallidula Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846, pl. 6, fig. 1a (Mangareva). - Sakai & Türkay, 1976: 87, fig. 14-15 ("Rikitea" = Mangareva; type material, Syn.). - Jones, 1988: 34 (Syn.). - Poupin, 1994a: 70, fig. 66, pl. 8f (Aukena; coll. Frv Marara); 1996a: 3, 73 (Checklist, with a new record from Moruroa). - Holthuis, 2002, 421 (Authors & date of publication of crustacea collected by French corvettes "Astrolabe et Zélée"). - Ocypode cordimana (Junior) - Jacquinot & Lucas, 1853: 64 (Mangareva) not O. cordimana Desmaret, 1825 = O. pallidula fide Sakai & Türkay (1976: 87). - Ocypode urvillei - Nobili, 1907: 407, pro parte ("Rikitea" = Mangareva, Marutea?). - Seurat, 1934: 52 (Mangareva; Nobili's material) - The two references, not O. urvillei Guérin-Méneville, 1829, synonym of O. cerathophthalma = O. pallidula (cf. Remark). - Ocypode laevis - Chevalier et al., 1968: 109 (Moruroa) - Synonyms - Ocypode laevis Dana, 1852 - Relevant material - ? Ocypode sp. - Unpublished specimens, MNHN - Coll. P. Laboute (Scilly, 1 sp. MNHN B18952), Coll. B. Salvat (Tuamotu, 7 males, MNHN B19249, 3 males, MNHN B19250, in study K. Sakai. - Unpublished specimens, coll. BENTHAUS Expedition (Poupin, Molodtsowa, Richer), November 16, 2002, Austral, Raevavae Island, motu and seashore near wharf, burrows in fine sand, det. J. Poupin November 25, 2003 (2 sp. from seashore, 3 sp. plus 1 juv. from motu, in MNHN collections). - Remark: After Ortmann (1897a: 366), Ocypode pallidula, was usually considered as the same as O. urvillei (= O. cerathophthalma). Its validity was re-established by Sakai & Türkay (1976). The material mentioned in Nobili (1907) and Seurat (1934), under O. urvillei has been collected at Marutea South and Mangareva. The specimens from this second island are in fact O. pallidula (verification in the collections of Paris: 1 sp. labelled "Ocypoda urvillei Guér., Seurat coll. 1905, Bouvier dét., G. Nobili vérif. 1906", MNHN B11841, is a real O. pallidula). The specimens from Marutea South could reasonably be O. cerathophthalma, very common in the Tuamotu. - Ocypode ?pallidula - AAMP, Marquesas, 2012, Leg 3, St. MQ7-M, Nuku Hiva, baie Controleur, 0-1 m, coll. Poupin, sample JP37 (photo, stridulating ridge not distinct on inner face of big palm, check the specimen), JP38, St. MQ25-M, Nuku Hiva, baie Hakatea, intertidal, coll. Corbari et al., sample LC293, LC300 (photo).


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



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