Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Brachyura - Plagusiidae - Plagusia

Plagusia squamosa (Herbst, 1790)


Distribution : (Hendrickx, 1995b: 140) - Red Sea to central America. In the eastern Pacific, from Gulf of California to Acapulco and Oceanic Islands: Baja California Sur, Alijos, Clipperton.

Remarks : Carapace 39x40 mm

Selected Reference(s)
Plagusia tuberculata. - Poupin, J., 1994: 66, fig. 62, pl. 7h. - French Polynesia
Plagusia tuberculata. - Poupin, J., 1996a: 72, 76. - French Polynesia
Plagusia squamosa. - Schubart, C. and Ng, P. K. L., 2000: not consulted. [synonymy; Plagusia squamosa (Herbst, 1790) is an older name for Plagusia tuberculata Lamarck, 1818] - World

Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: Clipperton; Austral (Raevavae, Rimatara); Gambier (Kamaka, Mangareva); Marquesas (Hatu Iti, Nuku Hiva); Society (Maupihaa); Tuamotu (Makatea?, Rangiroa) - Marine; Shoreline to 10 m; Hard bottom.

Regional Records: CLIPPERTON - Plagusia depressa tuberculata - Garth, 1965: 32, figs 17, 18 (Clipperton). - Richard et al., 1968: 8 (Clipperton). - Hendrickx, 1995b: 140 (distribution in the eastern Pacific). - Plagusia squamosa - Davie, 2002: 441 (distribution, synonymy). - Poupin et al., 2007 (Clipperton new coll.). - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Plagusia squamosa - Nobili, 1907: 406 (Kamaka, Mangareva; inferred only: reference not retrieved in recent works, and material not found in Paris). - Plagusia depressa tuberculata - Forest & Guinot, 1962: 74 (Biogeography "Tahiti-Tuamotu"). - Plagusia depressa - ? Monteforte, 1984: 172, annex 1, tab. a (Makatea) not P. depressa (Fabricius, 1775) = P. tuberculata cf. Plagusia tuberculata - Guinot, 1985: 454 (List). - Poupin, 1994a: 66, fig. 62, pl. 7h (Nuku Hiva, Raevavae, Tuamotu; coll. Frv Marara); 1996a: 72, 76 (Checklist) - Synonyms - Plagusia squamosa (Herbst, 1882) (cf. Sakai, 1976: 676, then Alcock, 1900: 437) - Unpublished specimens, MNHN - September 1994, Coll. & Det. J. Poupin (Maupihaa=Mopelia). - Remark: Plagusia depressa (Fabricius, 1775) is a species of the tropical Atlantic (cf. Dawson, 1987: 42) and cannot be Monteforte's (1984) material which is more likely P. tuberculata (One specimen of this species is actually deposited in the EPHE, Moorea, collections, Coll. and det. Monteforte). - Unpublished specimens, coll. & det. G. Paulay, Rangiroa, January 10, 2001, Avatoru Motu, ca. 1.5 km E. of Post Office, at Pension Henri (FLMNH-UF 1412), Rimatara February 9, 1983 (FLMNH-UF 3458). - Plagusia squamosa - Schubart & Ng, 2000: not consulted (synonymy; Plagusia squamosa (Herbst, 1790) is an older name for Plagusia tuberculata Lamarck, 1818). - AAMP, Marquesas, 2012, Leg 3, St. MQ5-M, Nuku Hiva, intertidal, coll. Poupin, sample JP26, St. MQ27-B, Hatu Iti, intertidal, coll. Starmer et al., sample LC364.

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