Decapoda - Brachyura - Carpiliidae - Carpilius

Carpilius maculatus (Linnaeus, 1758)



World Distribution
MASDEA/AfReMas, Poupin (BD Internet) - Indo-West Pacific. Eastern Africa (Kenya, Mozambic), Madagascar, Aldabra, Réunion, Mauritius, New Caledonia, Wallis & Futuna, French Polynesia.

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

Vertical range : Intertidal - Min-Max observed: 0-6 m

Mayotte data
Carpilius maculatus - Tromelin, photo, Mickaël Baumann (TAAF), 21/11/2018, transmitted December 2019 by Maxime Amy, TAAF Réunion.

Réunion data
Carpilius maculatus - A. Milne-Edwards, 1862, annexe F : 3 (Réunion dans la matériel examiné, coll. Maillard). - Mission Poupin, avril 2008 (St. 12, St Leu, centre Chelonia, photographie J. Poupin).

New Caledonia data
Nouvelle Caledonie, STATION — Ng P.K.L & Richer de Forges B., Compendium of marine species from New Caledonia: 315-332
Nouvelle Caledonie, STATION — Edwards AM, Nouv Arch MNHN 8: 229-267

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
WALLIS & FUTUNA - Carpilius maculatus - Poupin & Juncker, in preparation (Alofi, Futuna, Wallis). - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Carpilius maculatus - Dana, 1852b: 160 (Raraka). - Stimpson, 1858a: 32; 1907: 37 (Tahiti). - Heller, 1865: 9 (Tahiti). - Nobili, 1907: 386 ("Ohura" = Hao). - Rathbun, 1907: 37 (Fakarava, Tahiti). - Pesta, 1913: 39, pl. 3, fig. 4 (Tahiti, with a ?). - Boone, 1934: 86, pl. 39-42 (Tahiti). - Seurat, 1934: 60 (Gambier, Tuamotu). - Holthuis, 1953: 12 (Raroia). - Chabouis L. & F., 1954: 91, fig. 1 (French Polynesia). - Morrison, 1954: 16 (Raroia). - Bablet, 1972: 32, pl. 11 (French Polynesia). - Forest & Guinot, 1961: 37 (Hikueru, Tahiti); 1962: 60 (Biogeography "Tahiti-Tuamotu"). - Guinot, 1966a: 48 (French Polynesia); 1985: 450 (List). - Chevalier et al., 1968: 92, 138 (Moruroa). - Crosnier, 1984: 302, fig. 208-209, pl. 44e (Mataiva). - Monteforte, 1984: 170, annex 1, tab. a, photograph p.140a (haut) (Makatea, Mataiva, Moorea, Tahiti, Takapoto). - Delesalle, 1985: 289 (Mataiva). - Salvat, 1986b: 72, photograph (French Polynesia). - Pardon, 1992: 82, photograph (Tahiti). - Bonvallot et al., 1994: 141, photograph (Tuamotu). - Poupin, 1994a: 46, fig. 42, pl. 5e (Mataiva, Tahiti, Taiaro); 1996a: 62 (Checklist) - Field observation - May 1997, coll. & det. J. Poupin (Fangataufa). - Unpublished record, coll. & det. G. Paulay, Rangiroa (FLMNH-UF 1428). - Field observation, 2006, photograph by P. Bacchet, det. Bacchet/Poupin, Tahiti, outer slope at night. - Salvat & Bacchet, 2011: 245, photo, field guide 'Au Vent des Iles Ed. Tahiti - French Polynesia, most often Society (Moorea, Tahiti). - Mission CRIOBE 2014 (collection, Makatea, 1982, coll. & det. Monteforte), dry collection exuvia. - Guinot et al., 2013: 279, Zootaxa - Carpilius maculatus (Linnaeus, 1758), male 84.0 × 112.0 mm, French Polynesia, Hikueru (MNHN-B7656);

Comment(s) on data
Presence in Tromelin from a photo 2018, c/o TAAF Baumann.

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