Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Brachyura - Trapeziidae - Trapezia

Trapezia digitalis Latreille, 1828


Distribution : Red Sea to central America, including Hawaii and French Polynesia. Eastern Pacific, from Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, to Equator, and oceanic Islands: Baja California Sur, Revillagigedo (Clarion, Socorro), Clipperton, Galapagos.

Remarks : Carapace 13x17 mm.

Selected Reference(s)
Trapezia digitalis. - Castro, P., 1997b: 120. - French Polynesia
Trapezia digitalis. - Castro, P., Ng, P. K. L. and Ahyong, S. T., 2004: 50. [Designation of a neotype] - Indo-Pacific

Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: Clipperton (outer reef); Marquesas (Fatu Hiva, Hiva Oa, Nuku Hiva, off Motane 35-40 m); Society (Moorea); Tuamotu (Makatea, Takapoto) - Marine; Shoreline to 10 m; Coral obligate associate (Gen. Pocillopora).

Regional Records: CLIPPERTON - Trapezia digitalis - Hertlein & Emerson, 1957: 5 (Clipperton). - Garth, 1965: 23 (Clipperton) - Hendrickx, 1995b: 138 (distribution). - Castro, 1996: 536, fig. 2a-e (Clarion, Socorro). - Castro et al., 2004: 41, 43, 50 (distribution, synonymy, key). - Poupin et al., 2007 (Clipperton new coll.). - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Trapezia fusca Jacquinot, 1852, pl. 4, fig. 17-19. - Jacquinot & Lucas, 1853: 45 (Nuku Hiva). - Trapezia digitalis - Sendler, 1923: 40 (Makatea). - Forest & Guinot, 1962: 70 (Biogeography "Tahiti-Tuamotu, Marquesas"). - Odinetz, 1983: 31, 206 (Takapoto; cf. table 9, p. 206). - Serčne, 1984: 277 (Syn.). - Guinot, 1985: 452 (List). - Poupin, 1996a: 58, 59, 60 (List). - Castro, 1997b: 120 (Fatu Hiva, Hiva Oa, Moorea, Nuku Hiva; Syn.; coll. Frv Marara). - Castro et al., 2004: 50 (Designation of a neotype). - AAMP, Marquesas, 2012, Leg 2, coll. Evans, sample 0024, St 2, Nuku Hiva, 20 m, 1 male 9.2x11 mm, sample 0123, St 6, Eiao, 36 m; Leg 3, St. MQ17-R, bank off Motane, 35-40 m, coll. Starmer et al., sample LC184, LC206.

Depth distribution: 0 - 20 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/