Decapoda - Brachyura - Pilumnidae - Pilumnus

Pilumnus merodentatus Nobili, 1906



World Distribution
?French Polynesia only (Gambier, Marquesas, Society, Tuamotu)

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

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

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
Pilumnus merodentatus Nobili, 1906a: 263; 1907: 399 ("Rikitea" = Mangareva). - Seurat, 1934: 60 (French Polynesia). - Forest & Guinot, 1961: 132, fig. 128 (Mangareva; Syn.); 1962: 70 (Biogeography "Tahiti-Tuamotu"). - Guinot, 1985: 452 (List). - Poupin, 1996a: 61 (Checklist). - Pilumnus longicornis merodentatus - Balss, 1933: 16 (Mangareva, Nobili's material and also Tahiti, Marquesas) - New material, MNHN - Coll. C. Hily ("Arue" = Tahiti), coll. Frv Marara (Moruroa), det. J. Poupin - Relevant material - Pilumnus cf. merodentatus - Monteforte, 1984: 171, annex 1, tab. a (Mataiva). - Guinot, 1985: 452 (List). - Mission CRIOBE 2014 (collection, Mataiva, 1982, coll. & det. Monteforte with a ?).

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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