Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Anomura - Diogenidae - Aniculus

Aniculus maximus Edmonson, 1952



Distribution : Forest (1984 : 64) - Indo-west Pacific. Including, Mayotte, Réunion, Seychelles, Hawaii, French Polynesia (Marquesas).

Selected Reference(s)
Aniculus maximus. - Forest, J., 1984: 61, fig. 14, 22, 59-61. - French Polynesia

Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: Marquesas (Eiao, Fatu Hiva, Nuku Hiva). - Marine; 8-25 m up to 85-150 m; Hard bottom.

Regional Records: Aniculus maximus - Forest, 1984: 61, fig. 14, 22, 59-61 (Fatu Hiva, Nuku Hiva). - Salvat, 1986a: 6, 7, photograph (French Polynesia). - Poupin, 1996a: 14 (Checklist). - ? Aniculus sp. - Salvat, 1986b: 71, photograph (French Polynesia; det. according to the photograph). - .Unpublished observation. Det. D.L. Rahayu, April 2007 from specimens in MNHN collection, coll. MUSORSTOM 9, st. CP1157, Eiao, 100 m; det. J. Poupin from photograph only, MUSORSTOM 9, 1997, stn DW1152 or DW1154, Eiao, 85-150 m. - AAMP, Marquesas, 2012, leg 2, st. 1, 4, 6, 7, Nuku Hiva, Eiao, 30-36 m; Leg 3, coll. Starmer et coll., St MQ1-R, hors grotte, Nuku Hiva, 8-10 m, sample JP22, St. MQ2-GR, Nuku Hiva, 20-23 m, no specimens collected, St. MQ3-GR, Nuku Hiva, 20-25 m, coll. Starmer et al., sample LC326, St. MQ11-R, Tahuata, 6-12 m, photo in situ Starmer (no sample?).

Depth distribution: 8 - 150 m


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/