Decapoda - Anomura - Diogenidae - Clibanarius

Clibanarius humilis (Dana, 1851)



World Distribution
(McLaughlin et al., 2007: 130) - Indo-West Pacific, Mauritius and Rodrigues Is., eastern Indian Ocean to Japanese, Ryukyu Is., Taiwan, Indonesia, New Caledonia, French Polynesia. Includes Wallis & Futuna, Réunion, Europa, Mayotte

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

Vertical range : Intertidal - Min-Max observed: 0-95 m

Mayotte data
Clibanarius humilis - Mission KUW novembre 2009, st. 10, 1 spécimen dans sa coquille, photographie, MNHN Pg8489 ; st. 20a, 1 mâle Lc 2,4 mm, MNHN Pg8503.

Europa data
Clibanarius humilis - Europa, mission BIORECIE, St. 10, 6 sp. (MNHN), 20 sp. (MNHN), St. 11, 2 sp (MNHN). Premier signalement.

Réunion data
Clibanarius humilis - Mission Poupin, avril 2008 (St. 16 Pointe Chateaux, St Leu).

New Caledonia data
Clibanarius humilis - Juncker & Poupin, 2009, CRISP report, New Caledonia, photo.

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
WALLIS & FUTUNA - Clibanarius humilis - Poupin & Juncker, in preparation. - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Clibanarius aequabilis - ? Dana, 1852b: 464; 1855, pl. 29, fig. 4a-f (Tahiti; cf. Remark). - Nobili, 1907: 367 ("Rikitea" = Mangareva, Tarauru-Roa) not C. aequabilis Dana, 1852 = C. humilis fide Forest (1953a: 443). - Clibanarius humilis - Forest, 1953a: 443, fig. 1, 5; 1956a: 1057 (Hikueru, Tahiti, Takume). - Monteforte, 1984: 172, annex 1, tab. a (Mataiva). - Rahayu, 1988: 10, 27 (French Polynesia). - Poupin, 1994a: 21, fig. 17 (Moruroa, Tahiti; coll. Frv Marara); 1996a: 16 (Checklist). - Field observation - Nov. 2002, BENTHAUS Expedition, coll. Poupin & Moldostova, det. Poupin (Raevavae, Tubuai); Moorea, coll. Gump/Paulay, photograph G. Paulay. - Remark: Clibanarius aequabilis Dana, 1852 is an Atlantic species. Concerning Dana's material, Forest (1953a: 446) writes: "A quoi correspond le sp. C. aequabilis de Tahiti, figuré par Dana ? Il est souhaitable que le terme d'aequabilis ne soit plus utilisé pour les espèces de l'Indo-Pacifique." - Moorea Biocode project.

Other data
Benthaus Polynesie, STATION — Poupin J, Zoosystema 25, 4: 643-664

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