Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Anomura - Paguridae - Pagurixus

Pagurixus laevimanus (Ortmann, 1892)


Distribution : Komai & Osawa (2006: 16) - "So far known only from the type locality, Tahiti, French Polynesia (Fig. 47)."

Selected Reference(s)
Eupagurus laevimanus. - Ortmann, A., 1892a: 302, pl. 12, fig. 13. - French Polynesia
Pagurixus laevimanus. - Komai, T. and Osawa, M., 2006: 10, figs. 1-3, 47. - French Polynesia

Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: Endemic to the region; Society (Tahiti) - Marine; Shoreline to 10 m; ?Hard bottom.

Regional Records: Eupagurus laevimanus Ortmann, 1892a: 302, pl. 12, fig. 13 (Tahiti). - Pagurixus laevimanus. - Poupin, 1996a 19 (Checklist). - Komai & Osawa, 2006: 10, figs. 1-3, 47 (synonyms; holotype from Tahiti). - Komai pers. com. (May 2006) "it is surprising that no specimens closely fitting the holotype of P. laevimanus have been found. I do not know whether the holotype is an aberrant P. tweediei or is a really good species".

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/