Decapoda - Brachyura - Trapeziidae - Trapezia
| Trapezia areolata Dana, 1852 |
World Distribution
(Castro, 1997b: 116): restricted to southeastern Polynesia, French Polynesia, Pitcairn, ?Easter Island. - Shallow-waters; Coral obligate associate
Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Associated with corals (obligate)
Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 0-90 m
New Caledonia data
Nouvelle Caledonie, STATION — Edwards AM, Nouv Arch MNHN 8: 229-267
Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
EASTER ISLAND - Trapezia areolata - Garth, 1973: 320 (Hanga Piko; scuba diving, coral reef, 8-10m). - Castro, 1997b: 116 (Anakena Bay, 9.9.95, coll. M. Retamal, 1995 Chilean Navy, POI Expedition). - Trapezia sp. - Boyko et al., 2017: 491, Easter Island (This specimen was identified by Garth as T. areolata (in manuscript notes found in LACM by the first author) but it is very immature and there is no color pattern present with which to confirm its identity).
FRENCH POLYNESIA - Trapezia areolata Dana,1852a: 83; 1852b: 259; 1855, pl. 15, fig. 8a (Tahiti). - Cano, 1888: 173 (Tahiti). - Ortmann 1893b: 485 (Tahiti; part). - Forest & Guinot, 1961: 135, fig. 133 (Hikueru; part). - Odinetz, 1983: 31 (French Polynesia). - Odinetz, 1984a: 443, fig. 3c, 4c (Moorea, Tahiti, Takapoto). - Galil & Lewinsohn, 1985a: 286, fig. 1, 3-4 (Tahiti). - Guinot, 1985: 452 (List). - Odinetz-Collart & Richer de Forges, 1985: 201 (Moorea, Tahiti, Takapoto). - Poupin, 1996a: 3, 58, 60 (Checklist). - Castro, 1997b: 116, pl. 1, fig. 1c (Anuanuraro, Hikueru, Makemo, Moorea, Tahiti, Takapoto, Takaroa; Syn.; in part coll. Frv Marara). - Castro et al., 2004: 48 (Neotype from Anuanuraro atoll, Tuamotu). - Trapezia cymodoce maculata - Rathbun, 1907: 59 (Makemo; part). - Trapezia ferruginea areolata - Sendler, 1923: 40 (Tahiti). - Seurat, 1934: 59 (List). - Trapezia reticulata - Kropp & Birkeland, 1981: 629 (Moorea, Takapoto). - Odinetz, 1983: 31, 205 photograph 3 (Moorea, Tahiti, Takapoto). - Guinot, 1985: 452 (List; after Odinetz, 1983) - All, not Trapezia reticulata Stimpson, 1858, synonym of T. septata Dana, 1852. - Trapezia septata Dana, 1852. - Poupin, 1996a: 60 (Checklist) - Not Trapezia septata Dana. - Unpublished sp., coll. BENTHAUS Expedition stn DW1926, dredge 50-90 m, det. J. Poupin from photograph only, carapace about 8x9 mm; ident. checked by P. Castro, September 2003 (plus stn DW 1984, Arago bank, 40 m). - Moorea Biocode project. - Leray, 2012: 199, Thesis, fig. D2-U, Moorea
Other data
Benthaus Polynesie, DW1984 — Castro P, unpublished data.
Benthaus Polynesie, DW1926 — Castro P, unpublished data.
References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)This species in Worms Database