Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Caridea - Hippolytidae - Thor

Thor amboinensis (De Man, 1888)


Distribution : Indo-Pacific and Caribbean, in Scleractinia and Actinia (Fransen, 1987: 527); 5-60m. French Polynesia; Easter Island.

Selected Reference(s)
Thor amboinensis. - Poupin, J., 1998: 26, fig. 4. [ident. A.J. Bruce] - French Polynesia

Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: Easter Island; Marquesas (?Eiao, 80 m); Society (Bora Bora); Tuamotu (Fangataufa) - Marine; Shoreline to 10 m (up to 80!); Coral facultative associate (Gen. Acropora); Hard bottom.

Regional Records: EASTER ISLAND - Thor amboinensis - Fransen, 1987: 526, fig. 16a, b (Easter Island, off Hanga Roa, Motu Tautara, Tahai west coast, Motu Nui; 5-60m, dead coral; February 1986). - DiSalvo et al., 1988: 458, tab. 4 (Easter Island, scuba dives 15-60m; det. Holthuis & Fransen). - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Thor amboinensis - Poupin, 1998: 26, fig. 4 (Checklist; coll. Frv Marara, fr, February 1996, det. A.J. Bruce, Fangataufa; in coral Acropora, -10m; MNHN Na13303). - Unpublished sp. - Marquesas, coll. MUSORSTOM 9, 1997, stn CP1156, Eiao, 80 m, prov. det. J. Poupin, from photograph only. - Field observation, 2006, photograph by P. Bacchet, det. Bacchet/Poupin, Bora Bora lagoon. - Moorea Biocode project.

Depth distribution: 0 - 60 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/