Decapoda - Anomura - Porcellanidae - Petrolisthes

Petrolisthes coccineus (Owen, 1839)

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World Distribution
Indian Ocean: Mozambique, Seychelles, Chagos archipelago, Nicobar Islands. Indonesia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, Mariana Islands, Hawaii, French Polynesia (Society, Marquesas, Tuamotu), Easter Island (Haig, 1983, 1992).

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

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 0-5 m

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
Petrolisthes coccineus - Báez & Ruiz, 1985: 101 (Easter Island; specimens deposited in MNHN Santiago, coll. 1953). Not P. coccineus cf. Guzmán & Olguín, 2016: 224 = P. extremus instead.
FRENCH POLYNESIA - Porcellana coccinea Owen, 1839: 87, pl. 26, fig. 1-2 ("Low islands" = Tuamotu). - Petrolisthes coccineus - Peyrot-Clausade, 1977a, annex of the species: 24; 1977b: 213 (Moorea). - Haig, 1983: 280; 1992: 313, fig. 9 (Syn.). - Poupin, 1996a: 21 (Checklist). - AAMP, Marquesas, 2012, Leg 2, coll. Evans, sample ?0348, St 22, Fatu Hiva, 22 m, pre-det from photo; Leg 3, St. MQ27-B, Haut Iti, 5-22 m, coll. Albenga et al., sample LC327 (chelae missing).

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