Decapoda - Brachyura - Percnidae - Percnon

Percnon affine (H. Milne Edwards, 1853)



World Distribution
Davie (2002 : 439) - Indo-West Pacific. Madagascar, Australia, to French Polynesia, Hawaii. Includes Réunion, New Caledonia.

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

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 1-6 m

Réunion data
Percnon affine - Mission Poupin, avril 2008 (MNHN, St. 10, 1 femelle ovigère 28,3x25,8 mm, photographies J. Poupin, S. Ribes, programme BIOTAS).

New Caledonia data
Nouvelle Caledonie, STATION — Edwards AM, Nouv Arch MNHN 8: 229-267

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
Percnon affinis - Nobili, 1907: 406 ("Gatavake" = Mangareva), pro parte some sp. are P. abbreviatum - Forest & Guinot, 1961: 164 ("Gatavake" = Mangareva; Syn.); 1962: 74 (Biogeography "Tahiti-Tuamotu"). - Percnon pilimanus - Boone, 1934: 181, pl. 92-94 (Tahiti). - Forest & Guinot, 1962: 74 (Biogeography "Tahiti-Tuamotu, Marquesas"). - Percnon affine - Crosnier, 1965: 88 (Tuamotu; Syn.). - Monteforte, 1984: 172, annex 1, tab. a, photograph p. 138a-bas (Makatea, Mataiva, Tahiti). - Delesalle, 1985: 289 (Mataiva). - Guinot, 1985: 454 (List). - Poupin, 1996a: 71 (Checklist) - Unpublished specimens, MNHN - SMSRB, det. J. Poupin (Moruroa; coll. Frv Marara) - Synonyms - Percnon pilimanus (A. Milne Edwards, 1873) - Unpublished specimens; coll. & det. J. Poupin, MUSORSTOM 9 campaign, 6/09/97 (Eiao, snorkeling 1-2m, in Pocillopora); coll. & det. G. Paulay, Rangiroa, January 10, 2001, Avatoru Motu (FLMNH-UF 1431, 1522), also Tikehau (photograph). - Guinot et al., 2018 (Zoosystema): 552, 1 male 36.0 ×30.0 mm, French Polynesia, Moorea, M. Monteforte coll., Crosnier det. 1985, MNHN-IU-2017-10016 (= MNHN-B12788).

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