Decapoda - Anomura - Diogenidae - Dardanus

Dardanus guttatus (Olivier, 1812)



World Distribution
(McLaughlin et al., 2007: 90) - East coast of Africa, Madagascar, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, South China Sea, Taiwan, New Guinea, Australia, Samoa, Loyalty Islands. Plus Wallis & Futuna, French Polynesia. Includes Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Seychelles, Chagos, Europa, Mayotte, New Caledonia, Cook, Hawaii, French Polynesia.

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

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 0-50 m

Mayotte data
Dardanus guttatus - Dechancé, 1964 : 33 (Mayotte, coll. Crosnier, septembre 1959, récif barrière interne, 1 mâle 45 mm et dragage sable fin, 50 m, 1 mâle 7 mm, MNHN). - BIOTAS collections, Glorieuses, 3-7 May 2009, det. J. Poupin from photo, St. GLOR-4, patch reef, near anchorage, 3-6 m, specimen MEPA 1959; St. GLOR-12, exposed reef flat, abrasion platform, 1-3 m, specimen MEPA 1269. - Mission KUW novembre 2009, st. 12c, photo in situ ; st. 17, Récif du Nord, 22 m, observation in situ seulement - Photo Yvon Gildas - Mayotte sur le site : http://www.mayotte-photos-plongee.com/. Photo V. Dinhut, Banc du Geyser, mission ISURUS. - Expedition Glorieuses December 2012, st. BIO 30, st. BIO 39. - Expedition Juan de Nova December 2013, st2 (nr). - BIOTAS 2009, Juan de Nova, st. JDN06, lots MEPA-00871, 873, outer-reef

Europa data
Pagurus guttatus (Ol.) - Fourmanoir, 1952 : 177 (Europa). - Dérijard, 1966 : 175 (Europa). - Mission BIORECIE, st. 8, 9 novembre 2011, photo in situ.

Réunion data
Dardanus guttatus - Ribes-Beaudemoulin et al. 2002 : 68 (Réunion). - Mission Poupin, avril 2008 (St. 16, Pointe Chateaux, Saint Leu, photographie). - Coll. BIOLAVE, 30/11/2011,shallow-waters, divers 10-30 m, det. J. Poupin 25/01/2013.

New Caledonia data
Dardanus guttatus - Juncker & Poupin, 2009, CRISP Report.

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
WALLIS & FUTUNA - Dardanus guttatus - Poupin & Juncker, in preparation (Alofi, Futuna, Wallis). - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Pagurus guttatus - Owen, 1839: 82 ("Carysfort" = Tureia). - Dardanus guttatus - Haig & Ball, 1988: 165 (Syn.). - Poupin, 1996a: 17, 77 (Checklist). - Field observation, 2006, photograph by P. Bacchet, det. Poupin, Tahiti, outer slope at night, 5-10 m. - Moorea Biocode project. - Salvat & Bacchet, 2011: 243, photo, field guide 'Au Vent des Iles Ed. Tahiti - French Polynesia, most often Society (Moorea, Tahiti).

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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