Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Brachyura - Plagusiidae - Percnon

Percnon abbreviatum (Dana, 1851)



Distribution : (Hendrickx, 1995b: 140) - Madagascar to Hawaii and French Polynesia. In the eastern Pacific, only Oceanic Islands: Revillagigedo (Clarion, Socorro), Clipperton.

Selected Reference(s)
Acanthopus abbreviatus. - Dana, J. D., 1852a: 252. - French Polynesia
Acanthopus abbreviatus. - Dana, J. D., 1852b: 373. - French Polynesia
Acanthopus abbreviatus. - Dana, J. D., 1855: pl. 23, fig. 11a-c. - French Polynesia
Percnon abbreviatum. - Schmitt, W. L., 1939: 22. - Clipperton
Percnon abbreviatum. - Holthuis, L. B., 1953a: 33. - French Polynesia

Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: Clipperton (intertidal to 20 m, under rocks and in coral Pocillopora); Gambier (Mangareva); Marquesas (Hatu Iti, Nuku Hiva, Hiva Oa, Tahuata, Ua Pou); Society (Tahiti); Tuamotu (Rangiroa, Raroia) - Marine; Shoreline to 10 m; Hard bottom.

Regional Records: CLIPPERTON - Percnon abbreviatum - Schmitt, 1939a: 22 (Clipperton). - Garth, 1965: 33, figs 19, 20 (Clipperton). - Hendrickx, 1995b: 140 (distribution). - Poupin et al., 2007 (Clipperton new coll.). - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Acanthopus abbreviatus Dana, 1851: 252; 1852b: 373; 1855, pl. 23, fig. 11a-c (Tahiti). - Percnon affinis - Nobili, 1907: 406 (Mangareva), pro parte not P. affine H. Milne Edwards, 1853 = P. abbreviatum fide Forest & Guinot (1961: 164). - Percnon abbreviatum - Holthuis, 1953: 33 (Raroia). - Morrison, 1954: 16 (Raroia). - Edmonson, 1959: 195, fig. 25c, 26a-c (Syn.). - Forest & Guinot, 1961: 164 (Mangareva; Syn.); 1962: 74 (Biogeography "Tahiti-Tuamotu"). - Guinot, 1966a: 48 (Raroia); 1985: 454 (List). - Poupin, 1996a: 71 (Checklist) - Unpublished specimens, MNHN - Frebruary 1996, coll. Frv Marara, det. J. Poupin (Hiva Oa). - Unpublished specimen, coll. & det. G. Paulay, Rangiroa, January 10, 2001, Avatoru Motu, ca. 1.5 km E. of Post Office, at Pension Henri (FLMNH-UF 1529). - Percnon ?abbreviatum (check) - AAMP, Marquesas, 2012, Leg 2, coll. Evans, sample 0068, St 2, Nuku Hiva, 20 m; Leg 3, St. MQ13-R-Bois, Tahuata, 27-35 m, coll. Starmer et al., sample LC125, St. MQ24-GR-R, Ua Pou, 6-12 m, coll. Starmer et al., sample LC306, St. MQ27-GR, Hatu Iti, 5-22 m, coll. Starmer et al., sample LC360.

Depth distribution: 1 - 20 m


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



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