Decapoda - Anomura - Diogenidae - Dardanus

Dardanus spp. pre-det from photographs J. Poupin

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World Distribution
French Polynesia (Marquesas).

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

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 60-78 m

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
Dardanus sp. - Unpublished collections - Marquesas, coll. MUSORSTOM 9, 1997, stn DW1204, Hiva Oa, 60-62 m; coll. REMARQ DR12, Nuku Hiva , 08°46.827' S, 140°03.636' W, 65-78 m. - Remark - These specimens seem to be lost as they have not been located in MNHN collection despite numerous searches.

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)