Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Brachyura - Cryptochiridae - Sphenomaia

Sphenomaia pyriforma (Edmonson, 1933)



Selected Reference(s)
Cryptochirus coralliodytes. - Nobili, G., 1907: 409. [not C. coralliodytes = Sphenomaia pyriforma, according to Kropp reexamination in MNHN, November 1996] - French Polynesia

Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: Tuamotu (Marutea South) - Marine; Shoreline to 10 m; Coral obligate associate (Gen. Pocillopora?).

Regional Records: Cryptochirus coralliodytes - Nobili, 1907: 409, not C. coralliodytes = Sphenomaia pyriforma, according to Kropp reexamination, November 1996 (personal communication).


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/