Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Brachyura - Xanthidae - Polydectus

Polydectus cupulifer (Latreille, 1812)


Distribution : Chen & Hsueh (2007: 412) - IWP, Taiwan, Japan, Hawaii and French Polynesia


Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: Tuamotu (Raraka) - Marine; Shoreline to 10 m; Anemone associate; ?Coral facultative associate.

Regional Records: Polydectus villosus Dana, 1852a: 81; 1852b: 227; 1855, pl. 13, fig. 3a-e (Raraka). - Polydectus cupulifer - Forest & Guinot, 1962: 68 (Biogeography "Tahiti-Tuamotu"). - Guinot, 1976: 65 (Syn.); 1985: 452 (List). - Serčne, 1984: 24, fig. 1, pl. 1a (Syn.). - Poupin, 1996a: 37 (Checklist). - Remark: anemones on the claws; cf. Guinot et al. (1995: 406).

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