Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Brachyura - Portunidae - Thalamita

Thalamita spinifera Borradaile, 1903


Selected Reference(s)
Thalamita spinifera. - Stephenson, W., 1976: 24. - French Polynesia
Thalamita spinifera. - Poupin, J., 1996b: 36, pl. 17h. [in part, at least 1 sp. (Makemo, 120 m) belongs to Charybdis rathbuni (cf. Crosnier 2002: 415)] - French Polynesia

Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: Australs (Raevavae, Tubuai); Marquesas (Eiao, Fatu Hiva, Nuku Hiva) - Marine; Sublittoral (40-200m); ?Hard bottom.

Regional Records: Thalamita spinifera - Stephenson, 1976: 24 ("Marquesas Expedition, 40-80m, 18/ix/1967 to 1/x/1967" = Marquesas, cf. Redher, 1967). - Poupin, 1996a: 7, 36 (Checklist and new records from Eiao, Fatu Hiva, Nuku Hiva, Raevavae; Tubuai, 42-200m, not sp. from Makemo; coll. Frv Marara); 1996b: 36, pl. 17h (in part, specimen from Makemo, 120 m belongs in fact to Charybdis rathbuni Leene, 1938, see Crosnier 2002: 415).

Depth distribution: 40 - 200 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/