Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Brachyura - Grapsidae - Pachygrapsus

Pachygrapsus plicatus (H. Milne Edwards, 1837)


Distribution : Poupin et al. (2005: 41) - Indo-West Pacific from east Africa to Tuamotu Archip.: East Africa; Glorieuses Is.; Seychelles; La Réunion; Mauritius; Christmas I.; Cocos-Keeling Is.; Indonesia (Java); South China Sea (Xisha or Paracel Is.); Taiwan; Japan; Mariana Is. (Saipan); Micronesia (Kosrae); Marshall Is. (Arno); New Caledonia; Samoa; Niue, Tuvalu; Hawaiian Is.; French Polynesia (Austral Is., Marquesas Is., Tuamotu Archip., Society Is). Plus Wallis & Futuna.

Selected Reference(s)
Pachygrapsus plicatus. - Rathbun, M. J., 1907: 29. - French Polynesia
Pachygrapsus plicatus. - Forest, J. and Guinot, D., 1961: 154. - French Polynesia
Pachygrapsus plicatus. - Poupin, J., Davie, P. J. F. and Cexus, J. C., 2005: 37, fig. 11a-f, 14e, 15e. - French Polynesia

Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: Wallis & Futuna (Alofi, Futuna); Austral (Raevavae); Marquesas (Nuku Hiva, Tahuata); Society (Moorea, Huahine, Tahiti); Tuamotu (Fakarava, Hikueru, Makatea, Makemo, Mataiva, Moruroa, Rangiroa, Raroia, Taiaro, Takapoto) - Marine; Shoreline to 10 m; Hard bottom.

Regional Records: WALLIS & FUTUNA - Pachygrapsus plicatus - Poupin & Juncker, in prep (Alofi, Futuna). - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Pachygrapsus plicatus - Kingley, 1880c: 200 (Tahiti). - Rathbun, 1907: 29 (Fakarava, Makemo). - Holthuis, 1953: 32 (Raroia). - Morrison, 1954: 13 (Raroia). - Forest & Guinot, 1961: 154 (Hikueru); 1962: 72 (Biogeography "Tahiti-Tuamotu"). - Monteforte, 1984: 172, annex 1, tab. a (Makatea, Mataiva, Moorea, Tahiti, Takapoto); 1987: 9 (Moorea). - Delesalle, 1985: 289 (Mataiva). - Guinot, 1985: 453 (List). - Salvat & Richard, 1985: 359 (Takapoto). - Poupin, 1994a: 63, fig. 59, pl 7f (Hikueru, Taiaro); Poupin, 1996a: 68, 81 (Checklist) - Poupin et al., 2005: 37, fig. 11a-f, 14e, 15e (Huahine, Makemo, Moruroa, Nuku Hiva, Raevavae, Rangiroa, Raroia, Tahiti, Taiaro). Unpublished specimen, MHNH - Coll. Frv Marara, det. J. Poupin (Moruroa, Nuku Hiva). - Unpublished record, coll. & det. G. Paulay, Rangiroa, January 10, 2001, Avatoru Motu, ca. 1.5 km E of Post Office, at Pension Henri (FLMNH-UF 1491). - Moorea Biocode project. - AAMP, Marquesas, 2012, Leg 3, St. MQ5-M, Nuku Hiva, intertidal, sample unumbered, photo (JP?), St. MQ12-M, Tahuata, intertidal, coll. Corbari et al., sample LC66.

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