Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Brachyura - Menippidae - Pseudozius

Pseudozius caystrus (Adams & White, 1848)


Distribution : Indo-West Pacific

Selected Reference(s)
Pseudozius caystrus. - Nobili, G., 1907: 397. - French Polynesia
Pseudozius caystrus. - Poupin, J., 1994: 52, fig. 48, pl. 6c. - French Polynesia
Pseudozius caystrus. - Poupin, J. and Juncker, M., 2008: . - Wallis

Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: Wallis & Futuna (Alofi); Austral (Raevavae); Marquesas (Nuku Hiva, Fatu Hiva), Gambier (Kamaka, Tarauru-Roa); Society (Moorea, Tahiti); Tuamotu (Ahe and/or Manihi, Makatea, Mataiva, Moruroa, Rangiroa, Raraka, Raroia, Taiaro, Takapoto) - Marine; Shoreline to 10 m; Hard bottom.

Regional Records: WALLIS & FUTUNA - Pseudozius caystrus - Poupin & Juncker, in preparation (Alofi). - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Pseudozius planus Dana, 1852a: 81; 1852b: 233; 1855, pl. 13, fig. 6a-h (Raraka, "Waterland" = Ahe and/or Manihi). - Evans, 1967: 409 ("Paumotu"; BM syntypes). - Pseudozius caystrus - Nobili, 1907: 397 (Kamaka). - Sendler, 1923: 38 (Makatea). - Holthuis, 1953: 26 (Raroia). - Morrison, 1954: 9 (Raroia). - Forest & Guinot, 1961: 125 (Tahiti, "Taraourou-roa" = Tarauru-Roa; Syn.); 1962: 68 (Biogeography "Tahiti-Tuamotu"). - Monteforte, 1984: 171, annex 1, tab. a (Makatea, Mataiva, Moorea, Tahiti, Takapoto). - Delesalle, 1985: 289 (Mataiva). - Guinot, 1985: 450 (List). - Poupin, 1994a: 52, fig. 48, pl. 6c (Kamaka, Moruroa, Taiaro; coll. Frv Marara); 1996a: 65 (Checklist). - Unpublished specimen, coll. & det. G. Paulay, Rangiroa, October 13, 2001, ca. 1 km S. of NW point of atoll, off Motu Maeherehonae (FLMNH-UF 1460); also Rangiroa (FLMNH-UF 1549, 1683); coll. BENTHAUS Expedition (Richer), November 16, 2002, Raevavae, seashore, det. J. Poupin November 25, 2003 (2 spp. in MNHN collections; larger sp. photographed, 1 ov. female from Motu, photographed). - Moorea Biocode project. - AAMP, Marquesas, 2012, Leg 3, St. MQ5-M, coll. Starmer, Poupin, sample JP2 (photo), JP3 (?photo), JP10, St. MQ16-M, Fatu Hiva, intertidal, coll. Corbari et al., sample LC147.

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