Decapoda - Brachyura - Gecarcinidae - Cardisoma

Cardisoma carnifex (Herbst, 1796)



World Distribution
MASDEA/AfReMas (Internet), ABRS (BD Internet), Poupin (Internet) - Indo-ouest Pacifique. Mer Rouge, Afrique orientale, Somalie, Kenya, Tanzanie, Mozambique, Afrique du Sud, Europa, Madagascar, Grande Comore, Mayotte, Seychelles, Réunion, Maurice, Taiwan, Japon, Australie, Nouvelle-Calédonie, Wallis & Futuna, Polynésie française.

Environnement : Land - Substrat/Association : Soft bottom (mud or sand)

Vertical range : Land & Freshwater - Min-Max observed: 0-0 m

Mayotte data
Cardisoma carnifex (Herbst, 1796)
Material examined — See Bouchard et al., 2013: 17 - Mayotte KUW 2009, st. 6, 'Déversoir Badamiers', Petite Terre, supratidal, photographies in situ et au laboratoire, 1 F 53 x 64 mm, MNHN B32410, MNHN-IU-2009-1172, 1 M 65 x 75.5 mm, MNHN B32411, MNHN-IU-2009-1173; st. 29, photo in situ, no specimen collected.
Other records — Cardisoma carnifex - Guinot, 1967: 289, list with Comoros (Grande Comore), Mayotte. - Türkay, 1971: 90, Glorieuses (USNM 17735), Mayotte (Wien Museum). - Bouchard, 2009: 6, 8, Mayotte, mangrove de Malamani, 16/04/2008, st. 1, 12°55,337 S, 44°09,263 E, haut de la mangrove, zone ombragée, terrier d'environ 1,5 m de profondeur,1 M 61 x 74 mm, MNHN B32409, MNHN-IU-2009-1171. - Poupin et al., 2013c: 12, Glorieuses, Island du Lys, Expedition Glorieuses December 2012 (new record), st. BIO 37 (Ile du Lys only). - Poupin, 2016: 51, Juan de Nova, Expedition Juan de Nova December 2013, land (nr), st6 night.
Geographic and depth ranges — IWP, Red Sea, South Africa to Japan, Guam, Line Islands, French Polynesia; supratidal, land.

Europa data
Cardisoma carnifex - Lenz, 1910 : 562, Europa. - Fourmanoir, 1954: 1, Europa. - Dérijard, 1966 : 174 (Europa). - Guinot, 1967 : 289 (Liste, avec Europa). - Poupin et al., 2013 : 12, Mission BIORECIE, photo F. Fromard, mai 2011 ; 9 novembre 2011, st. 6 vers la piste, photo in situ, st. 9, petit lagon, photo in situ.

Réunion data
Cardisoma carnifex - Türkay, 1971: 90, Réunion, Mauritius (Museum Geneva), also Madagascar (Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt). - Mission Poupin, avril 2008 (St. 6, estuaire de Trois Bassins, photographies J. Poupin).

New Caledonia data
Nouvelle Caledonie, STATION — Ng P & Guinot D, The Raffes Bulletin of Zoology 49, 2: 311-338
Nouvelle Caledonie, STATION — Edwards AM, Nouv Arch MNHN 8: 229-267

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
WALLIS & FUTUNA - Cardisoma carnifex - Poupin & Juncker, in preparation (Wallis). - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Cardisoma obesum Dana, 1851: 252; 1852b: 375; 1855, pl. 24, fig. 1 ("Peacock" = Ahe). - Stimpson, 1858b: 100; 1907: 111 (Tahiti). - Perigrapsus excelsus Heller, 1862: 522; 1865: 50, pl. 5, fig. 1 (Tahiti). - Cardisoma carnifex - Miers, 1886: 220 (Tahiti). - Nobili, 1907: 407 (Bora Bora, Hao, Tahiti). - Rathbun, 1907: 26 (Rangiroa, Tahiti). - Sendler, 1923: 22 (Tahiti). - Boone, 1934: 187, pl. 97-98 (Bora Bora). - Seurat, 1934: 52 (Moorea, Tahiti, Tuamotu). - Holthuis, 1953: 34 (Raroia). - Chabouis L. & F., 1954: 92, unnumbered fig. (French Polynesia). - Morrison, 1954: 2 (Raroia). - Forest & Guinot, 1961: 165 (Tahiti); 1962: 74 (Biogeography "Tahiti-Tuamotu"). - Edmonson, 1962: 25 (Raiatea). - Guinot, 1966a: 48 (French Polynesia); 1985: 454 (List). - Türkay, 1973: 108 (Syn.). - Sakai, 1976: 680 (Syn.). - Monteforte, 1984: 174, annex 1, tab. a (Makatea, Mataiva, Moorea, Takapoto); 1987: 6 (Moorea). - Delesalle, 1985: 288, 295 (Mataiva). - Charleux, 1986: 80, photographs (French Polynesia). - Bonvallot et al., 1994: 78, photograph (Tuamotu). - Bagnis & Christian, 1983: 110-111, photograph (Tuamotu). - Merschardt-Salvat, 1991: 40 (Nukutipipi). - Salvat F. & B., 1992: 5 (Nukutipipi). - Poupin, 1994a: 53, fig. 49, pl. 6e (Pukarua, Tahiti, Taiaro, Tauere, Tupuaï); 1996a: 65, 81 (Checklist). - Ng & Guinot, 2001: 335 (Pukarua, 'Ivou Iwich'?, Society). - Without name - Pardon, 1992: 78, 79, photograph, double page (Tahiti, Papeete market) (det. according to the photograph) - New material - February 1996, Coll. & det. J. Poupin (Nuku Hiva) - Field observation - April 1997, J. Poupin ('Faucon' point, Moruroa); Moorea fieldwork December 2006, photograph J. Poupin, Haapiti mangrove. - AAMP, Marquesas, 2012, Leg 3, St. MQ25-M, Nuku Hiva, baie Hakatea, intertidal, coll. Corbari et al., sample LC290. - Salvat & Bacchet, 2011: 256, photo, field guide 'Au Vent des Iles Ed. Tahiti - French Polynesia, most often Society (Moorea, Tahiti). - Mission CRIOBE 2014 (Moorea). - Guinot et al., 2018: 550, Society, Tupai, SMCB, J. Poupin det., 13.V.1991, MNHN-IU-2013-14798.

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