Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Brachyura - Tetraliidae - Tetraloides

Tetraloides heterodactyla (Heller, 1861)


Selected Reference(s)
Tetraloides heterodactyla. - Castro, P., 1997b: 115, pl. 1b. - French Polynesia
Tetraloides heterodactyla. - Castro, P., Ng, P. K. L. and Ahyong, S. T., 2004: 31. [Species of Tetraloides] - Indo-West Pacific

Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: Austral (Marotiri, Neilson reef); Tuamotu (Marutea South, Moruroa, Tikehau) - Marine; Shoreline to 10 m; Sublittoral (up to 94 m); Coral obligate associate (Gen. Acropora).

Regional Records: Tetraloides nigrifrons - Galil, 1985: 72, fig. 1-3 (part; Makemo, Tikehau, "Taoru" = Raiatea). - Poupin, 1996a: 58 (Checklist; part) - Not Tetraloides nigrifrons (Dana, 1852). - Tetraloides heterodactyla - Castro, 1997b: 115, pl. 1, fig. 1b (Marutea South, Moruroa, Tikehau; Syn.). - Castro et al., 2004: 31 (Species of Tetraloides) - Unpublished spp. - Austral, coll. BENTHAUS Expedition, stn DW 1879, Marotiri, 52 m, stn DW1880, Marotiri, 90-94 m, stn DW 1917 Neilson reef, 50-60 m (on Acropora), ident. P. Castro at MNHN, September 2003.

Depth distribution: 0 - 94 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/