Decapoda - Brachyura - Oziidae - Ozius

Ozius tuberculosus H. Milne Edwards, 1834

10 Illustration(s)

World Distribution
Sakai (Crabs of Japan, Internet, link below) - Indo-West Pacific - Mauritius; Nicobar Islands (Alcock, 1898); Mergui Archipelago (Alcock, 1898); Japan - Northern Daito-jima (Sakai, 1939), Northern and Southern Daito-jima (Sakai, 1976a); Taiwan; China - Hainan Island (Dai & Yang, 1991); Malaysia; New Caledonia. Also French Polynesia (Marquesas, Society).
http://species-identification.org/species.php?species_group=crabs_of_japan&id=1449

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Hard bottom (rock and rubbles)

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

Réunion data
Ozius tuberculosus - Réunion - exuvia (2.5 cm wide), coll. and det. S. Ribes, March 2023, tide pool near Boucan Canot

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

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
Ozius tuberculosus - Boone, 1934: 150, pl. 77 (Nuku Hiva). - Poupin, 1994a: 49, fig. 45, pl. 5h (Nuku Hiva, Tahiti; coll. Frv Marara); 1996a: 65 (Checklist). - AAMP, Marquesas, 2012, Leg 3, St. MQ12-M, Tahuata, intertidal, coll. Poupin, sample LC111.

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

This species in Worms Database