Decapoda - Brachyura - Grapsidae - Pachygrapsus
| Pachygrapsus minutus A. Milne-Edwards, 1873 |
World Distribution
Poupin et al. (2005: 33) - Indo-West Pacific from Red Sea to Mexican oceanic islands: Madagascar, Thailand, Indonesia, Australia, China, Japan, west and east Pacific islands (Caroline Is., Mariana Is., Fiji, Niue, Kiribati, Samoa, Hawaiian Is., Line Is., French Polynesia, Clipperton, Revillagigedo Is.). Plus Wallis & Futuna.
Poupin et al. (2005 : 33) - Indo-Ouest Pacifique. Mer Rouge aux îles océaniques mexicaines. Comprend Afrique orientale, Madagascar, Mayotte, premier signalement, Europa. Thailande, Indonésie, Australie, Chine, Japon, Carolines, Mariannes, Fidji, Niue, Kiribati, Samoa, Hawaii, Wallis & Futuna, Polynénsie française, Clipperton, Revillagigedo.
Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Hard bottom (rock and rubbles)
Vertical range : Intertidal - Min-Max observed: 0-6 m
Mayotte data
Pachygrapsus minutus A. Milne-Edwards, 1873
Material examined — See Bouchard et al., 2013: 28 - Mayotte KUW 2009, st. 6, Déversoir Badamiers, Petite Terre, intertidal, 1 M 6.0 x 8.1 mm, 1 F 3.5 x 5.3 mm, MNHN-IU-2009-2665, 1 F (with sacculina) 4.8 x 6.9 mm, MNHN-IU-2014-9019, det. September 2011; st. 10, Islet 'Quatre frères, Vatou', 4 FF 4.5 x 6.5 to 5.7 x 8.3 (ov.) mm, MNHN B32068, MNHN-IU-2009-987; st. 26, Mutsumbatsou reef flat, 1 M 4.3 x 6.5 mm, 1 F 3.8 x 5.6 mm, plus 1 M 3.3 x 5.2 mm (mélangé à des Macrophthalmus de petite taille), MNHN B32069, MNHN-IU-2009-988; st. 31, Brandélé, 'Musicale Plage', 1 M 5.3 x 7.6 mm, 5 FF 3.0 x 4.5 to 4.8 x 7.0 mm, MNHN B32070, MNHN-IU-2009-989.
Other records — Poupin et al., 2013c: 12, Glorieuses, 7 spp. MNHN-IU-2013-7323, Expedition Glorieuses December 2012 (new record), st. BIO 22, st. BIO 30, st. BIO 34. - Poupin, 2016: Expedition Juan de Nova December 2013, intertidal, st 20, fore-reef, st5 (several) (nr), st8, st11, 1 male 5.0x7.8 mm (photo), 1 male, 1 ov. female, st. 17, 1 male, st. 20 (MNHN).. - BIOTAS 2009, Juan de Nova, st. JDN01, lots MEPA-00362, 367.
Geographic and depth ranges — IP, Red Sea, Mayotte (this work), South Africa to Hawaii, French Polynesia, Clipperton, Revillagigedo Islands; intertidal.
Europa data
Pachygrapsus minutus - Europa, Mission BIOTAS, specimens MEPA-00023, 00027, st. EURO-1, dét. Poupin d'après photos. - Europa, Mission BIORECIE, St. 1, St. 4, St. 8, 1 male, 1 female (MNHN), St. 11, 1 female 4.5x7.0 mm (MNHN), St. 15, 1 male 4.3x6.5 mm, 1 female 3.7x5.8 mm (MNHN). Premier signalement.
Réunion data
Pachygrapsus minutus - Peyrot-Clausade, 1977 : annexe, p. 25 (Réunion).
New Caledonia data
Nouvelle Caledonie, STATION — Edwards AM, Nouv Arch MNHN 8: 229-267
Pachygrapsus minutus - Ng et al., 2019 (Zoosystema): 118,LECTOTYPE (designated by Poupin et al. 2005: 31). — MNHNIU-2000-3582 (= MNHN-B3582), male 7.6 × 10.4 mm, coll. M. Balansa, New Caledonia. — Original label: “Pachygrapsus minutus A. Edw., Nelle Calédonie, M. Balansa”. PARALECTOTYPES. — MNHN-IU-2000-1107 (= MNHN- B3582), 4 males 5.5 × 7.7 – 7.3 × 10.0 mm, same data as lectotype.
Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
WALLIS & FUTUNA - Pachygrapsus minutus - Poupin & Juncker, in prep (Alofi, Futuna, Wallis). - CLIPPERTON - Pachygrapsus minutus - Hertlein & Emerson, 1957: 5 (Clipperton). - Garth, 1965: 27, fig. 14 (Clipperton). - Poupin et al., 2005: 31, figs 9a-d, 14c, 15c (Clipperton). - Poupin et al., 2007 (Clipperton new coll.). - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Pachygrapsus minutus - Forest & Guinot, 1961: 155 (Hikueru, Tahiti); 1962: 72 (Biogeography "Tahiti-Tuamotu"). - Peyrot-Clausade, 1977a, annex of the species: 25; 1977b: 213; 1985: 462 (Moorea); 1989: 113 (Tikehau). - Monteforte, 1984: 172, annex 1, tab. a (Makatea, Mataiva, Moorea, Tahiti, Takapoto); 1987: 9 (Moorea). - Delesalle, 1985: 289 (Mataiva). - Guinot, 1985: 453 (List). - Poupin, 1996a: 68 (Checklist). - Poupin et al., 2005: 31, fig. 9a-d, 14c, 15c (Aukena, Moruroa, Nuku Hiva, Tahiti) - Relevant material - Pachygrapsus aff. minutus - Naim, 1980a: 55, annex 1, tab. 3 (Moorea; very small adult specimens, possibly of a new species). - Guinot, 1985: 453 (List). - Moorea Biocode project. - AAMP, Marquesas, 2012, Leg 3, St. MQ5-M, Nuku Hiva, intertidal, coll. Starmer, Poupin, sample JP14 (several specimens), St. MQ12-M, Tahuata, intertidal, coll. Poupin, sample LC76, St. MQ18-M, Hiva Oa, intertidal, coll. Corbari et al., sample LC244, St. MQ29-M, Eiao, intertidal, coll. Corbari et al., sample LC375.
Comment(s) on data
A specimen of Pachygrapsus minutus collected on a trip on Siquijor, an island of Philippines in depth of 90 meters (com. pers. Ond?ej Radosta, Crab database, 24/05/2018)
References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)This species in Worms Database