Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Brachyura - Trapeziidae - Trapezia

Trapezia tigrina Eydoux & Souleyet, 1842



Distribution : (Castro, 1997b: 130): Indo-West Pacific, Hawaii, French Polynesia, Pitcairn, but seems to be absent from Coral sea; probably also Easter Island (oral communication). - Shallow-waters; Coral obligate associate.

Selected Reference(s)
Trapezia tigrina. - Castro, P., 1997b: 130. - French Polynesia
Trapezia tigrina. - Castro, P., Ng, P. K. L. and Ahyong, S. T., 2004: 43. [Species of Trapezia] - Indo-West Pacific

Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: Easter Island; Pitcairn; Austral (Arago bank, Thiers Bank); Marquesas (Nuku Hiva); Society (Moorea, Tahiti); Tuamotu (Anaa, Fangataufa, Makemo, Moruroa, Takapoto, Takaroa, Tikehau) - Marine; Shoreline to 10 m; Coral obligate associate (Gen. Pocillopora).

Regional Records: EASTER ISLAND - Trapezia danai Ward - Garth, 1973: 321 (Easter Island, scuba diving, 8-10m). - Castro, 1997b: 130 (Syn.) - Synonym Trapezai danae Ward, 1939. - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Trapezia maculata - Dana, 1852b: 256; 1855, pl. 15, fig. 4 (Tahiti) not T. maculata (MacLeay, 1838) = T. tigrina fide Serčne (1984: 275) and Galil & Lewinshon (1984: 166). - Trapezia rufo-punctata - Jacquinot, 1852, pl 4, fig. 8-9. - Jacquinot & Lucas, 1853: 41 (Nuku Hiva; part) not T. rufopunctata (Herbst, 1799) = T. tigrina fide Galil & Lewinsohn (1984: 166). - Trapezia rufopunctata var. maculata - ?Ortmann, 1893b: 484 (Tahiti). - Trapezia cymodoce maculata - Rathbun, 1907: 59 (Makemo; part). - Trapezia wardi - Kropp & Birkeland, 1981: 629 (Moorea, Takapoto). - Guinot, 1985: 452 (List). - Trapezia tigrina - Odinetz, 1983: 205, photograph 5 (Moorea, Tahiti, Takapoto). - Galil & Lewinsohn, 1984: 166, fig. 1 (Anaa, "Tikehae lagoon, Tuamotu" = Tikehau, Society; Syn.). - Guinot, 1985: 452 (List). - Odinetz-Collart & Richer de Forges, 1985: 201 (Moorea?, Tahiti, Takapoto). - Poupin, 1996a: 5, 60 (Checklist). - Castro, 1997b: 130 (Anaa, Fangataufa, Makemo, Moorea, Moruroa, Tahiti, Takaroa, Takapoto, Tikehau; also in Pitcairn Island; Syn.; in part coll. Frv Marara). - Castro et al., 2004: 43 (Species of Trapezia). - Synonyms - Trapezia wardi Serčne, 1969 (in Castro 1997b). - Unpublished sp., Austral, Thiers Bank, coll. BENTHAUS Expedition, stn DW1926, dredge 50-90 m, det. J. Poupin, from photograph only, male 9x10 mm; ident. confirmed by P. Castro, at MNHN, September 2003, plus stn DW1984, Arago bank, 40 m. - Moorea Biocode project. - AAMP, Marquesas, 2012, Leg 3, St. MQ17-R, bank off Motane, 35-40 m, coll. Starmer et al., sample LC206.

Depth distribution: 0 - 50 m


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



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