Decapoda - Brachyura - Trapeziidae - Trapezia

Trapezia digitalis Latreille, 1828



World Distribution
Red Sea to central America, including Hawaii and French Polynesia. Eastern Pacific, from Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, to Equator, and oceanic Islands: Baja California Sur, Revillagigedo (Clarion, Socorro), Clipperton, Galapagos.
Castro et al. (2004 : 41) - Indo-Pacifique. Comprend, Mer Rouge, Afrique orientale, Glorieuses, Seychelles, Réunion, Hawaii, Polynésie française, Clipperton, côte Pacifique du Mexique. Mayotte, premier signalement.

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

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 1-52 m

Mayotte data
Trapezia digitalis Latreille, 1828
Material examined — Mayotte KUW 2009, st. 14, la Prudente bank, 1 M 5.8 x 7.2 mm, 1 F ov. 6.3 x 8.0 mm (photo), MNHN B32267, MNHN-IU-2009-1085.
Other records — Trapezia digitalis - Serène, 1984: 277, fig. 185, pl. XXXVIII D, Seychelles, Réunion, Glorieuses, intertidal, coral, coll. A. Crosnier 16 September 1958, 1 M 6.2 x 7.6 mm, MNHN-B 8264. - Castro, 1999a: 107, Glorieuses, MNHN B8264. - Poupin, 2016: 50, Juan de Nova (BIOTAS 2009, Juan de Nova, st. JDN07, JDN19, lots MEPA-00409, 814 (nr), outer-reef).
Geographic and depth ranges — IP, Red Sea, South Africa to Hawaii, French Polynesia, Clipperton, Mexico, Equator, Colombia; subtidal to 52 m.

Réunion data
Trapezia digitalis - Ribes, 1978 : 127 (Réunion). - Serène, 1984 : 277 (Réunion dans le matériel examiné, coll. Ribes, Saline, 5 m, sur Pocillopora sp., MNHN B8267). - Castro, 1999a: 107, Réunion. - Mission Poupin, avril 2008 (D'après photographies du programme BIOTAS).

New Caledonia data
Corail 2 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW84 — Castro P, Etudes & Theses 3.
Corail 2 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW92 — Castro P, Etudes & Theses 3.

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
CLIPPERTON - Trapezia digitalis - Hertlein & Emerson, 1957: 5 (Clipperton). - Garth, 1965: 23 (Clipperton) - Hendrickx, 1995b: 138 (distribution). - Castro, 1996: 536, fig. 2a-e (Clarion, Socorro). - Castro et al., 2004: 41, 43, 50 (distribution, synonymy, key). - Poupin et al., 2007 (Clipperton new coll.). - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Trapezia fusca Jacquinot, 1852, pl. 4, fig. 17-19. - Jacquinot & Lucas, 1853: 45 (Nuku Hiva). - Trapezia digitalis - Sendler, 1923: 40 (Makatea). - Forest & Guinot, 1962: 70 (Biogeography "Tahiti-Tuamotu, Marquesas"). - Odinetz, 1983: 31, 206 (Takapoto; cf. table 9, p. 206). - Serène, 1984: 277 (Syn.). - Guinot, 1985: 452 (List). - Poupin, 1996a: 58, 59, 60 (List). - Castro, 1997b: 120 (Fatu Hiva, Hiva Oa, Moorea, Nuku Hiva; Syn.; coll. Frv Marara). - Castro et al., 2004: 50 (Designation of a neotype). - AAMP, Marquesas, 2012, Leg 2, coll. Evans, sample 0024, St 2, Nuku Hiva, 20 m, 1 male 9.2x11 mm, sample 0123, St 6, Eiao, 36 m; Leg 3, St. MQ17-R, bank off Motane, 35-40 m, coll. Starmer et al., sample LC184, LC206.

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