Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Brachyura - Xanthidae - Pilodius

Pilodius flavus Rathbun, 1894


Distribution : IWP - Aldabra, Seychelles, Mauritius to Hawaii, New Caledonia, French Polynesia.

Selected Reference(s)
Pilodius flavus. - Forest, J. and Guinot, D., 1961: 95. - French Polynesia

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

Regional Records: Pilodius pubescens - Nobili, 1907: 395, with a ? ("Ohura" = Hao) not Pilodius pubescens Dana, 1852 = P. flavus fide Clark & Galil (1993: 1130, 1146). - Pilodius flavus - Forest & Guinot, 1961: 95 (Tahiti); 1962: 66 (Biogeography "Tahiti-Tuamotu"). - Peyrot-Clausade, 1977a, annex of the species: 27 (Moorea); 1989: 111, 115 (Moorea, Tikehau; 12m). - Guinot, 1985: 451 (List). - Clark & Galil, 1993: 1130, fig. 4a-g, 32b, 40d, 41a (Syn.). - Poupin, 1996a: 56 (Checklist). - Moorea Biocode project (from - CalPhoto) - AAMP, Marquesas, 2012, Leg 3, St. MQ27-B, Hatu Iti, 5-22 m, coll. Albenga et al., sample LC341, LC350.

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/