Decapoda - Brachyura - Xanthidae - Luniella

Luniella pubescens (Dana, 1852)



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

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

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

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
Pilodius pubescens - Guinot, 1985: 451 (List; probably after Nobili, cf. under P. flavus). - Clark & Galil, 1993: 1146, fig. 12a-g, 36b, 43b ("Ternae" = Temae at Moorea, Society). - Poupin, 1996a: 56 (Checklist). - Not Pilodius pubescens - Nobili, 1907: 395, with a ? = P. flavus in Clark & Galil (1993: 1130).

Comment(s) on data
New genera Luniella in Lasley, R. M., Klaus, S. & Ng, P. K. L. (2014) Phylogenetic relationships of the ubiquitous coral reef crab subfamily Chlorodiellinae (Decapoda, Brachyura, Xanthidae). Zoologica Scripta, 44, 165-178.

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

This species in Worms Database