Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Brachyura - Xanthidae - Zosimus

Zosimus aeneus (Linnaeus, 1758)


Distribution : (Serčne, 1984: 165) - IWP, Red Sea, South Africa to Australia, Japan, Hawaii. Includes Wallis & Futuna, French Polynesia.

Selected Reference(s)
Zozimus aeneus. - Rathbun, M. J., 1907: 38. - French Polynesia
Zozimus aeneus. - Poupin, J., 1994: 37, fig. 33, pl. 4d. - French Polynesia
Zozimus aeneus. - Poupin, J. and Juncker, M., 2008: . - Wallis

Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: Wallis & Futuna (Futuna); Marquesas (Nuku Hiva, Fatu Hiva); Society (Tahiti); Tuamotu (Fakahina, Hikueru, Makatea, Makemo, Mataiva, Moruroa, Raroia, Taiaro, Takapoto) - Marine; Shoreline to 10 m; Hard bottom.

Regional Records: WALLIS & FUTUNA - Zosimus aeneus - Poupin & Juncker, in preparation (Futuna). - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Zosimus aeneus - Dana, 1852b: 192; 1855, pl. 10, fig. 3a (Tuamotu). - Stimpson, 1858a: 32 [30]; 1907: 42 (Tahiti). - Nobili, 1907: 388 (Fakahina). - Seurat, 1934: 59 (Fakahina, Tahiti). - Monteforte, 1984: 171, annex 1, tab. a, photograph p. 136b (Makatea, Mataiva, Takapoto). -Delesalle, 1985: 289 (Mataiva). - Salvat & Richard, 1985: 360 (Takapoto). - Salvat, 1986b: 72 (French Polynesia). - Zosimus aeneus - Rathbun, 1907: 38 (Makemo). - Boone, 1934: 99, pl. 50-53 (Nuku Hiva, Tahiti). - Holthuis, 1953: 27 (Raroia). - Morrison, 1954: 16 (Raroia). - Buitendijk, 1960: 284, fig. 6a (Society). - Forest & Guinot, 1961: 51 (Hikueru, Tahiti); 1962: 62 (Biogeography "Tahiti-Tuamotu, Marquesas"). - Guinot, 1966a: 48 (Raroia); 1985: 451 (List). - Bonvallot et al., 1994: 140-141, photograph (Tuamotu). - Poupin, 1994a: 37, fig. 33, pl. 4d (Tahiti, Taiaro). - Poupin, 1996a: 47 (Checklist, with a new record from Moruroa; coll. Frv Marara). - ? Zozimus sp. - Salvat, 1986a: 19, photograph (French Polynesia; det. according to the photograph). - ? Lophozozymus sp. - Bagnis & Christian, 1983: 110, photograph (Tuamotu; det. according to the photograph). - Field observation "coll. plongeurs du SMSRB, novembre 1994 Moruroa"; 2006, photograph by P. Bacchet, det. Bacchet/Poupin, Tahiti, outer slope at night, 3 m. - Unpublished sp., coll ? & det. G. Paulay, Rangiroa (from photograph, FLMNH-UF ?). - AAMP, Marquesas, 2012, Leg 2, coll. Evans, St 5, Nuku Hiva, 4 m; Leg 3, St. MQ16-M, Fatu Hiva, intertidal, coll. Corbari et al., sample LC143.

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