Decapoda - Brachyura - Xanthidae - Pilodius

Pilodius areolatus (H. Milne Edwards, 1834)

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World Distribution
(Davie, 2002: 523) - IWP from South and East Africa, Australia, to Mangareva, French Polynesia. Includes Wallis & Futuna - Serène (1984 : 241) - Indo-ouest Pacifique. Elle est connue depuis la Mer Rouge et la côte est d’Afrique jusqu’à l’Australie, les Hawaii et le Japon. Comprend, Europa, Glorieuses, Comores, Mayotte, Seychelles, Réunion, Wallis & Futuna, Polynésie française.

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

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 0-25 m

Mayotte data
Pilodius areolatus (H. Milne Edwards, 1834)
Material examined — Mayotte KUW 2009, st. 5, Seagrass bed, Great Northeastern Reef, 1 m, 1 sp. 9 x 11.6 mm, photo, checked September 2011, MNHN-IU-2009-3246; st. 17, North Reef, 22 m, 1 juv. not retained in collection, det. September 2011; st. 26, Mutsumbatsou reef flat, intertidal, 1 F 9.3 x 13.7 mm (photo), 6 FF ov., 2 juv., MNHN B32453, MNHN-IU-2009-1215, 1 M 5.5 x 7.2 mm, 1 F 6.3 x 8.7 mm, det. September 2011, MNHN-IU-2009-3248; st. 26c, Mutsumbatsou reef flat, coll. Bouchard 03/08/2008, 1 F 10.6 x 15.1 mm, MNHN-IU-2009-3247; st. 35, Surprise reef, Longoni Pass, 4-25 m, 1 F 7 x 9.6 mm, det. September 2011, MNHN-IU-2009-3245.
Other records — Chlorodopsis areolata - Guinot, 1958b: 176, Mayotte, 1 M 17 x 12 mm, MNHN. - Pilodius areolatus - Guinot, 1967: 268, list, with Mayotte. - Serène, 1984: 236, fig. 143 c, 144, pl. XXXIII C, Glorieuses, intertidal, coll. A. Crosnier 16 September 1958, 16 MM, largest 15.5 x 22.5 mm, 14 FF, largest 12.6 x 18.4 mm, MNHN-B 6695; Mayotte, intertidal, coll. A. Crosnier September 1959, 5 MM largest 16.8 x 24.5 mm, 5 FF 11.4 x 16.5 mm, MNHN B-6694. - Coll. Anker & Michonneau, 2008, Mayotte, st. MAY08-St1, Mbouanasta, reef, UF 13604; st. MAY08-St2, Tanaraki, reef, UF 13553, 13555, 13564; st. MAY08-St0, UF 20185. - Poupin et al., 2013c: 11, Glorieuses - Expedition Glorieuses December 2012, st. Dive 11, st. BIO 27. - Poupin, 2016: Expedition Juan de Nova December 2013, reef-block, st1 (nr), chela; st2 (2 spp.), st6 dive, st8, st11 (carapace), 1 female, st. 10 (MNHN) - BIOTAS 2009, Juan de Nova, st. JDN01, lots MEPA-00375.
Geographic and depth ranges — Red Sea, South Africa to Hawaii, French Polynesia; intertidal, shallow subtidal.

Europa data
Chlorodopsis areolata HME. - Lenz, 1910 : 551 (Europa, coll. décembre 1903). - Pilodius areolatus - Dérijard, 1968 : 1244 (Europa). - Guinot, 1967 : 268 (Liste, avec Europa). - Europa, BIOTAS collections, specimens MEPA-00021, 00030, 00031, 00032, 00033, st EURO-1, det. J. Poupin from photo. - Europa, Mission BIORECIE, st. 1, St. 11, 1 male 14.4x18.8 mm, 1 female 9.8x15.8 mm (MNHN).

Réunion data
Pilodius areolatus - Peyrot-Clausade, 1977 : annexe, p. 27 (Réunion). - Serène, 1984 : 241 (Réunion dans le matériel examiné, coll. Ribes, 21/11/1977, MNHN B6693). - Mission Poupin, avril 2008 (MNHN, St. 5, Sentier Marin, l'Ermitage les Bains, 1 sp. 11x16 mm ; photographies J. Poupin, S. Ribes, programme BIOTAS). - Réunion, 2016, photo in situ P. Bourjon, det. J. Poupin.

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

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
WALLIS & FUTUNA - Pilodius areolatus - Poupin & Juncker, in preparation (Futuna, Wallis). - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Actaeodes affinis Dana, 1852a: 78; 1852b: 197; 1855, pl. 11, fig. 3 (Tahiti, Tuamotu). - Actaea affinis - Rathbun, 1907: 42 (Makemo). - Chlorodopsis areolata - Nobili, 1907: 396, pl. 2, fig. 3 (Hikueru, "Rikitea" = Mangareva, Marutea South). - Holthuis, 1953: 15 (Raroia). - Morrison, 1954: 13 (Raroia). - Pilodius areolatus - Forest & Guinot, 1961: 90 (Hikueru, Tahiti); 1962: 66 (Biogeography "Tahiti-Tuamotu"). - Monteforte, 1984: 171, annex 1, tab. a (Mataiva). - Guinot, 1985: 451 (List). - Clark & Galil, 1993: 1125, fig. 1a-g, 31a, 40a, 44b (Bora Bora, "Maharepa, Afareaitu, Temae" = Moorea; Syn.). - Poupin, 1996a: 55 (Checklist) - New material - MNHN B16124 (Fangataufa); coll. Frv Marara, det. J. Poupin (Moruroa). - Unpublished specimens, coll. & det. G. Paulay, Rangiroa, October 13, 2001, ca. 1 km S. of NW point of atoll, off Motu Maeherehonae (FLMNH-UF 1439); Tahiti (FLMNH-UF 1636). - Moorea Biocode project. - Salvat & Bacchet, 2011: 250, photo, field guide 'Au Vent des Iles Ed. Tahiti - French Polynesia, most often Society (Moorea, Tahiti). - Mission CRIOBE 2014 (collection, Mataiva, 1982, coll. Monteforte) -

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