Decapoda - Brachyura - Xanthidae - Xanthias

Xanthias latifrons (De Man, 1887)

5 Illustration(s)

World Distribution
Sakai (Internet - Crabs of Japan) - Range: Red Sea (Klunzinger, 1913); Aldabra Island (Serène, 1984); Seychelles - Seychelles and Amirante Islands (Rathbun, 1911), Amirante Islands (Serène, 1984); Chagos Archipelago - Salomon Island (Rathbun, 1911); Japan - Tosa Bay (Sakai, 1939, 1976); Palau (Takeda, 1976a); Indonesia - Ambon (de Man, 1887d); Hawaiian Islands - off Sandwich Islands (Rathbun, 1894c), Kaiwi channel, Aleunihana channel and vicinity of Modu Manu (Rathbun, 1906); Tuamotu Archipelago.
at http://species-identification.org/species.php?species_group=crabs_of_japan&id=1312

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Hard bottom (rock and rubbles)

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

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
Xanthias latifrons - Forest & Guinot, 1961: 70, fig. 67a-b (Tahiti); 1962: 64 (Biogeography "Tahiti-Tuamotu"). - Monteforte, 1984: 171, annex 1, tab. a; 1987: 9 (Moorea). - Guinot, 1985: 451 (List). - Poupin, 1996a: 50 (Checklist). - Unpublished sp., coll. & det. G. Paulay, October 21, 2001, Moorea, Pt. Faaupo, southern end of narrow fringing reef before it widens (FLMNH-UF 1539). - Moorea Biocode project. - AAMP, Marquesas, 2012, Leg 2, coll. Evans, sample 0525, St 37, Hiva 0a, 28 m. - Salvat & Bacchet, 2011: 254, photo, field guide 'Au Vent des Iles Ed. Tahiti - French Polynesia, most often Society (Moorea, Tahiti). - Mission CRIOBE 2014 (collection, Moorea, 1982, coll. & det. Monteforte).

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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