Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Brachyura - Portunidae - Thalamita

Thalamita minuscula Nobili, 1906


Selected Reference(s)
Thalamita minuscula. - Nobili, G., 1906a: 262. - French Polynesia
Thalamita minuscula. - Nobili, G., 1907: 386, pl. 1, fig. 15. - French Polynesia

Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: Endemic to the region; Tuamotu (Kaukura, Vahitahi) - Marine; Shoreline to 10 m; ?Soft bottom.

Regional Records: Thalamita minuscula Nobili, 1906a: 262; 1907: 386, pl. 1, fig. 15 (Kaukura, Vahitahi). - Forest & Guinot, 1962: 60 (Biogeography "Tahiti-Tuamotu"). - Stephenson, 1972: 49 (List with "Only from Tuamotu Is."). - Poupin, 1996a: 35, 77, 78 (Checklist). - Thalamita (Neothalamita) minuscula - Guinot, 1985: 449 (List; subgenus from Moosa, 1979: 43). - Remark: very small species (maximum width, 4mm), never recorded since its description; could be a juvenile of an another species ?

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/