Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Brachyura - Xanthidae - Atergatis

Atergatis floridus (Linnaeus, 1767)


Distribution : (Serčne, 1984: 148) - Common in the IWP from Red Sea and East Africa to Australia and Hawaii. This includes Wallis & Futuna, French Polynesia.

Selected Reference(s)
Atergatis floridus. - Nobili, G., 1907: 388. - French Polynesia
Atergatis floridus. - Forest, J. and Guinot, D., 1961: 41. - French Polynesia
Atergatis floridus. - Poupin, J. and Juncker, M., 2008: . - Wallis

Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: Wallis & Futuna (Wallis); Gambier (Mangareva); Society (Bora Bora, Moorea, Tahiti); Tuamotu (Hao, Moruroa, Tikehau) - Marine; Shoreline to 10 m; Hard bottom.

Regional Records: WALLIS & FUTUNA - Atergatis floridus - Poupin & Juncker, in preparation (Wallis). - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Atergatis floridus - Dana, 1852b: 159; 1855, pl. 7, fig. 4 (Society and Tuamotu). - Heller, 1865: 8 (Tahiti). - Nobili, 1907: 388 ("Ohura" = Hao). - Seurat, 1934: 59 (Hao). - Buitendijk, 1960: 268 (Society). - Forest & Guinot, 1961: 41 (Tahiti; Syn.); 1962: 62 (Biogeography "Tahiti-Tuamotu"). - Peyrot-Clausade, 1977a, annex of the species: 26; 1977b: 212 (Moorea). - Naim, 1980a, annex 1, tab. 3 (Moorea). - Monteforte, 1984: 170, annex 1, tab. a (Moorea, Tahiti); 1987: 8 (Moorea). - Guinot, 1985: 450 (List). - Poupin, 1994a: 35, fig. 31, pl. 4b (Mangareva, Tahiti; coll. Frv Marara); 1996a: 45 (Checklist). - Atergatis ocyroe - Rathbun, 1907: 37 (Bora Bora). - Sendler, 1923: 37 (Tahiti). - New material - Coll. & det. J. Poupin (Moruroa). - Synonyms - Atergatis ocyroe (Herbst, 1801). - Unpublished record, coll. & det. G. Paulay, Tikehau, Tuherahera Motu, Lagoon fringing reef and sand flat in front to Aito Motel (FLMNH-UF 1430).

References : compilation of references cited in Poupin (1996, 1998, 2003) and Poupin et al. (2009) - PDF 412 Ko
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