Decapoda - Brachyura - Trapeziidae - Trapezia

Trapezia bidentata (Forskål, 1775)


World Distribution
(Hendrickx, 1995b: 138; Castro et al., 2004: 41) - Red Sea to central America, including Hawaii and French Polynesia. In the Eastern Pacific, from the Gulf of California, Mexico mainland, Costa Rica, Panama, to Colombia and oceanic Islands: Baja California Sur, Revillagigedo (Clarion, Socorro), Clipperton, Coco, Malpelo, Galapagos. Includes Wallis & Futuna.
Incluant : Mer Rouge, Madagascar, Glorieuses, Comores, Mayotte, premier signalement, Seychelles, Réunion, Philippines, Wallis & Futuna, Polynésie française, Clipperton, Galapagos.
(Castro, 2020, TDSB 31) - Papua New Guinea.

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

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 0-55 m

Mayotte data
Trapezia bidentata (Forskål, 1775)
Material examined — Mayotte KUW 2009 (det. P. Castro, J. Poupin), st. 11, 1 F ov. 11 x 14 mm, (not pilose, photo), MNHN-B32020, MNHN-IU-2009-942, 1 M 10 x 12 mm, MNHN B32246, MNHN-IU-2009-1064; st. 12, 1 M 6.0 x 7.0 mm (6.4 x 6.8 mm field label), MNHN B32247, MNHN-IU-2009-1065; st. 14, 1 F 11.5 x 13.7 mm (12.3 x 13.6 field label), broken with sacculina (couleur violette, plus autres spp.), MNHN B32019, MNHN-IU-2009-941, 4 FF 4.5 x 5.7 to 7.0 x 8.6 mm (7x8.5 field label, photo), MNHN B32248, MNHN-IU-2009-1066; st. 23, 1 F 11.5 x 14.5 mm (12x14.5 mm field, photo, plus 1 autre sp.), MNHN-B32017, MNHN-IU-2009-939, 1 F 7.8 x 9.8 mm (7.5x8.5 mm field, photo) MNHN-B32021, MNHN-IU-2009-943, 1 M 13.3 x 16.3 mm (carapace broken), MNHN B32018, MNHN-IU-2009-940, 2 MM 4.5 x 5.7 and 7.2 x 9.0 mm, 2 FF 4.0 x 5.0 and 5.4 x 7.0 mm, MNHN B32249, MNHN-IU-2009-1067; st 25, 2 MM 6.0 x 7.0 and 13.5 x 15.8 mm (mixed with other Trapezia, det. Castro), MNHN B32250, MNHN-IU-2009-1068 (13/12/2009, leg samples for DNA with Sea Mackeon, st. 11, 14, 23, MNHN B32017-B32021; st. 11, 12a, 14, 23, 25, MNHN B32246-B32250).
Other records — Trapezia ferruginea - Serène, 1984: 273, fig. 180, pl. XXXVIII C, Madagascar, Réunion, Seychelles, Glorieuses, intertidal, coll. A. Crosnier, 16 September 1958, 2 MM largest 10.8 x 12.5 mm, 2 FF largest 11.1 x 13.5 mm, MNHN-B 8233 ; Mayotte, 10 m, corail, coll. A. Crosnier, septembre 1959, 1 femelle 10,4x12,3 mm, MNHN-B 8234. - Castro, 1999a: 108, Mayotte, Glorieuses / Trapezia ferruginea Latreille, 1825 accepted as T. bidentata in WoRMS (2018) - Trapezia bidentata - Castro et al., 2004: 41, synonymy, distribution - Poupin et al., 2013c: 11, Glorieuses, Expedition Glorieuses December 2012, st. Dive 3 (H. Magalon in situ). - Poupin, 2016: 50, Juan de Nova, BIOTAS 2009, Juan de Nova, st. JDN07, JDN18, lots MEPA-00405, 800 (nr), outer-reef
Remarks — Live largest specimens with bluish carapace, smaller specimens orange, all with margin of distal propodus of P2-P5 red. At st. 11, 1 F ov. 12.3 x 15.3 mm (MNHN B32273, MNHN-IU-2009-1091) with tomentum on chelipeds first attributed (field notes and photos, det. J. Poupin) to 'T. bidentata pilose', corrected into T. lutea by P. Castro (December 2009).
Geographic and depth ranges — IP, Red Sea, South Africa to Hawaii, French Polynesia, Clipperton, Gulf of California, Colombia; shallow subtidal to 55 m.

Europa data
Trapezia ferruginea (Latr.) - Lenz, 1910 : 553 (Europa). - Fourmanoir, 1952 : 176 (Europa). - Trapezia ferruginea Latreille, 1828 est un synonyme de T. bidentata. - Trapezia bidentata - Europa, BIOTAS collections, specimens MEPA-00311, 00320, st. EURO-18, det. J. Poupin d'après photos. - Europa, Mission BIORECIE, 9 novembre 2011, st. 8 ; st. 11, 10/11/2011, St. 12, 1 male 4.6x5 mm (MNHN).

Réunion data
Trapezia ferruginea - Ribes, 1978 : 127 (Réunion). - Serène, 1984 : 273 (Réunion dans le matériel examiné, coll. Ribes, Saline, 5 m, MNHN B8237). - Castro, 1999a: 108, Réunion. - Ribes-Beaudemoulin et al. 2002 : 80 (Réunion). - Trapezia bidentata - Castro et al., 2004 : 41 (Synonymie, distribution). - Mission Poupin, avril 2008 (D'après photographies S. Ribes). - Coll. BIOLAVE, 26/11/2011, shallow-waters, divers 10-30 m, det. J. Poupin 25/01/2013

New Caledonia data
Nouvelle Caledonie, STATION — Ng P.K.L & Richer de Forges B., Compendium of marine species from New Caledonia, Vol II7: 315-332

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
WALLIS & FUTUNA - Trapezia bidentata - Poupin & Juncker, in preparation (Futuna). - CLIPPERTON - Trapezia ferruginea - Garth, 1965: 24 (Clipperton, in part, cf. Castro, 1996) - Castro, 1996: 540, fig. 3a-e (Clarion, Clipperton). - Hendrickx, 1995b: 138 (distribution). - Trapezia bidentata - Castro et al., 2004: 41, 44, 48 (synonymy, distribution, key). - Poupin et al., 2007 (Clipperton new coll.). - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Trapezia miniata Jacquinot, 1852, pl. 4, fig. 10-13. - Jacquinot & Lucas, 1853: 43 (Nuku Hiva). - Trapezia cymodoce - Dana, 1852b: 257; 1855, pl. 15, fig. 5a-i (Tahiti). - Sendler, 1923: 39 (Tahiti). - Odinetz, 1983: 205, photograph 2; 1984a: 432 (Moorea, Tahiti, Takapoto; parte) - All not Trapezia cymodoce (Herbst, 1801). - Trapezia ferruginea - Boone, 1934: 171 (Bora Bora, Nuku Hiva, Raiatea; parte, not pl. 88). - Seurat, 1934: 59 (Tahiti, Marquesas). - Kropp & Birkeland, 1981: 629 (Moorea). - Serène, 1984: 273 (Syn.). - Guinot, 1985: 452 (List). - Peyrot-Clausade, 1989: 115 (Moorea; 22m). - Poupin, 1996a: 58, 59, 60, 61 (Checklist). - Castro, 1997b: 120 (Bora Bora, Fatu Hiva, Hiva Oa, Makemo, Moorea, Nuku Hiva, Raiatea, Tahiti, Takapoto, Tikehau, Pukapuka, Ua Huka; Syn.; in part coll. Frv Marara) - Not Trapezia ferruginea - Dana, 1852b: 260; 1855, pl. 16, fig. 1a(color)-b (Tahiti; parte). - Forest & Guinot, 1961: 136, fig. 137a-b (Tahiti) - Both are Trapezia serenei Odinetz, 1984. - Boone, 1934: pl. 88 (?French Polynesia) = Trapezia cymodoce (Herbst, 1799). - Remark: Trapezia ferruginea Latreille, 1828 was proposed as a synonym of T. cymodoce (Herbst, 1799) in Odinetz (1984a), but this proposition was not followed by Galil & Clark (1990). - Trapezia bidentata - Castro et al., 2004: 48 (New name for T. ferruginea Latreille, 1828). - Field observation, 2006, photograph by P. Bacchet, det. Castro, Tahiti, outer slope at night, about 3 m. - Moorea Biocode project. - AAMP, Marquesas, 2012, Leg 2, coll. Evans, sample 0047, St 2, Nuku Hiva, 20 m, 1 female ov 7.5x9.3 mm, sample 0123, St 6, Eiao, 36 m; Leg 3, St. MQ3-R, Nuku Hiva, 20-25 m, coll. Starmer et al., sample LC331, St. MQ17-R, bank off Motane, 35-40 m, coll. Starmer et al., sample LC186, LC187. - Leray, 2012: 199, Thesis, fig. D2-Q, Moorea - Salvat & Bacchet, 2011: 249, photo, field guide 'Au Vent des Iles Ed. Tahiti - French Polynesia, most often Society (Moorea, Tahiti).

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