Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Brachyura - Portunidae - Scylla

Scylla serrata (Forskål, 1775)


Distribution : Indo-West Pacific from South Africa to French Polynesia. Includes Wallis & Futuna

Selected Reference(s)
Scylla serrata. - Boone, L., 1934: 68, pl. 25-30. - French Polynesia
Scylla serrata. - Poupin, J. and Juncker, M., 2008: . - Wallis

Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: Wallis & Futuna (Wallis); Austral (Raevavae); Society (Huahine, Raiatea, Tahiti, Tupai) - Brackish water; Marine; Shoreline to 10 m; Soft bottom (mud in estuary); Burrower.

Regional Records: WALLIS & FUTUNA - Scylla serrata - Poupin & Juncker, in preparation (Wallis). - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Scylla serrata - Heller, 1865: 27 (Tahiti). - Miers, 1886: 185 (Tahiti). - Boone, 1934: 68, pl. 25-30 (Huahine, Tahiti). - Seurat, 1934: 58 (Tahiti). - Chabouis L. & F., 1954: 90, unnumbered fig. (Huahine, Raiatea). - Forest & Guinot, 1961: 27 (Tahiti); 1962: 58 (Biogeography "Tahiti-Tuamotu"). - Guinot, 1966a: 48 (Society); 1985: 449 (List). - Bablet, 1972: 32, pl. 11 (French Polynesia). - Salvat, 1986b: 70, 72 (French Polynesia). - Poupin, 1996a: 33, 81 (Checklist, with new records at Raiatea and Tupai; coll. Frv Marara) - Field observation - J. Poupin (Raevavae).

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/