Decapoda - Brachyura - Xanthidae - Leptodius

Leptodius davaoensis Ward, 1941

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World Distribution
Japan, Philippines, New Caledonia, ?French Polynesia (see comments).

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Associated with corals (facultative)

Vertical range : Intertidal - Min-Max observed: 0-6 m

New Caledonia data
Nouvelle Caledonie, STATION — Ng P.K.L & Richer de Forges B., Compendium of marine species from New Caledonia, Vol II7: 315-332

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
Leptodius leptodon Forest & Guinot, 1961: 65, fig. 55-56, 59a-b, pl. 2, fig. 3 (Hikueru) fide Takeda (1980: 318); 1962: 64 (Biogeography "Tahiti-Tuamotu"). - Monteforte, 1984: 170, annex 1, tab. a (Mataiva, Takapoto). - Guinot, 1985: 450 (List). - Leptodius exaratus - Nobili, 1907: 389 (Hao) not Leptodius exaratus (H. Milne Edwards, 1834) = L. leptodon nov. in Forest & Guinot (1961: 65). - Leptodius davaoensis - Takeda, 1980: 318 (Syn.). - Poupin, 1994a: 38, fig. 34, pl. 4e (Hikueru, Moruroa); 1996a: 48 (Checklist) - Relevant material - Leptodius cf. davaoensis - Monteforte, 1984: 170, annex 1, tab. a (Mataiva). - Guinot, 1985: 450 (List). - See Lee et al. (2013: 198, The Raffles Bulletin): … L. davaoensis Ward, 1941, and/or L. leptodon Forest & Guinot, 1961 (see Takeda, 1976). The two latter species were regarded as synonyms by Takeda (1980), but comparisons by Mendoza (2010) suggest they may be separate taxa. Leptodius leptodon - Mission CRIOBE 2014 (collection, Mataiva, 1982, coll. Monteforte, det. Forest)

Comment(s) on data
See Lee et al. (2013: 198, The Raffles Bulletin): … L. davaoensis Ward, 1941, and/or L. leptodon Forest & Guinot, 1961 (see Takeda, 1976). The two latter species were regarded as synonyms by Takeda (1980), but comparisons by Mendoza (2010) suggest they may be separate taxa.

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