Decapoda - Anomura - Diogenidae - Aniculus

Aniculus hopperae McLaughlin & Hoover, 1996

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World Distribution
Hoover (1998: 251) - Known to date only from Hawaiian Islands. Additional records by G. Paulay (mail, November 2005), Line Islands and French Polynesia, Marquesas (Nuku Hiva; det. A. Asakura). Plus Clipperton.

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

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 6-38 m

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
CLIPPERTON - Aniculus hopperae - Poupin et al., 2007 (Clipperton new record). - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Aniculus hopperae. - Coll. Luiz Rocha, 2003 (Nuku Hiva), determination A. Asakura, transmitted by G. Paulay, Novembre 25, 2005 (FLMNH; first record for FP). - AAMP, Marquesas, 2012, Leg 2, St. 1, 38, Hiva Oa, Nuku Hiva, 30-38 m; Leg 3, St. MQ2-GR, Nuku Hiva, 20-23 m, coll. & photo Starmer, sample LC8, St. MQ15-GR, Fatu Hiva, 28 m, coll. Starmer et al., sample LC154, St. MQ24-GR-R, Ua Pou, 6-10 m, coll. Starmer et al., sample LC305

Comment(s) on data
New family Calcinidae Fraaije, Van Bakel & Jagt, 2017, replaces Diogenidae. Calcinidae unaccepted in Poore & Ahyong (2023) (also WoRMS 2023)

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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