Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Brachyura - Xanthidae - Phymodius

Phymodius nitidus (Dana, 1852)


Selected Reference(s)
Phymodius nitidus. - Forest, J. and Guinot, D., 1961: 114, pl. 15, fig. 1-4. - French Polynesia

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

Regional Records: Pilodius nitidus - Nobili, 1907: 393 (Kaukura). - Chlorodopsis scabricula - Rathbun, 1907: 50, pl. 1, fig. 3, pl. 9, fig. 5 (Tahiti) not Pilodius scabriculus (Dana, 1852) = Phymodius nitidus fide Forest & Guinot (1961: 114). - Phymodius nitidus - Forest & Guinot, 1961: 114, pl. 15, fig. 1-4 (Kaukura, Tahiti); 1962: 68 (Biogeography "Tahiti-Tuamotu"). - Monteforte, 1984: 171, annex 1, tab. a; 1987: 9 (Moorea). - Guinot, 1985: 451 (List). - Peyrot-Clausade, 1989: 113 (Tikehau). - Poupin, 1996a: 55 (Checklist) - Relevant material - ? Phymodius sp. ind. juv. - Peyrot-Clausade, 1977a, annex of the species: 27 (Moorea).

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