Decapoda - Anomura - Diogenidae - Calcinus

Calcinus nitidus Heller, 1865

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World Distribution
French Polynesia only.

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

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 0-10 m

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
Calcinus nitidus Heller, 1865: 89, pl. 7, fig. 4 (Tahiti). - de Man, 1890: 111 (Tahiti). - Ortmann, 1892a: 293 (Tahiti). - Forest, 1956b: 218, fig. 1-4 (Tahiti). - Rahayu, 1988: 10 (French Polynesia). - Poupin, 1994a: 18, fig. 14, pl. 2c (Moruroa, Tahiti, Takapoto; coll. Frv Marara); 1996a: 4, 15, 78 (Checklist); 1997: 706, fig. 6b (Moruroa, Tahiti, Takapoto). - McLaughlin & Dworschak, 2002: 155 (Tahiti; Heller specimens reexamined in Wien Museum). - Unpublished records, coll. & det. G. Paulay, Moorea, Rangiroa (FLMNH-UF). - Field observation, 2006, photograph by P. Bacchet, det. Bacchet/Poupin, Tahiti, Lagoon 3 m; Moorea fieldwork December 2006, photograph J. Poupin, Tiahura outer reef, in coral Pocillopora. - Moorea Biocode project. - Salvat & Bacchet, 2011: 242, photo, field guide 'Au Vent des Iles Ed. Tahiti - French Polynesia, most often Society (Moorea, Tahiti). - Mission CRIOBE 2014 (collection, Moorea, 1997, coll. & det. Poupin) -

Other data
Polynesie, STATION — Poupin J, Zoosystema 19, 4.
Polynesie, STATION — Poupin J, Zoosystema 19, 4.

Comment(s) on data
New family Calcinidae Fraaije, Van Bakel & Jagt, 2017, replaces Diogenidae. Calcinidae unaccepted in Poore & Ahyong (2023) (also WoRMS 2023)

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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