Decapoda - Brachyura - Trapeziidae - Trapezia

Trapezia bella Dana, 1852



World Distribution
Castro (1997, Etudes & Thèse ORSTOM) - French Polynesia (Marquesas, Tuamotu, Society), Kiribai, Phoenix Islands.

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

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

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
Trapezia bella Dana, 1852a: 83; 1852b: 254; 1855, pl. 15, fig. 2 color ("Carlshoff" = Aratika). - Nobili, 1907: 403 (Hao). - Seurat, 1934: 59 (List). - Forest & Guinot, 1961: 133, fig. 129-130, 135a-b (Hikueru); 1962: 70 (Biogeography "Tahiti-Tuamotu"). - Kropp & Birkeland, 1981: 629 (Moorea, Takapoto). - Odinetz, 1983: 206 (Tahiti, Takapoto). - Serène, 1984: 278 (Syn.). - Delesalle, 1985: 289 (Mataiva). - Guinot, 1985: 452 (List). - Odinetz-Collart & Richer de Forges, 1985: 201 (Tahiti?, Takapoto). - Poupin, 1996a: 3, 58, 60 (Checklist). - Castro, 1997b: 117 (Ananuraro, Hao, Hikueru, Hiva Oa, Moorea, Moruroa, Pukapuka,Tahiti, Takapoto, Takaroa; Syn.; in part coll. Frv Marara). - Castro et al., 2004: 48 (Neotype from Takapoto, Tuamotu) . - Trapezia digitalis bella - Rathbun, 1907: 59 (Tahiti); not Trapezia bella Dana. - Moorea Biocode project (with a '?').

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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