Decapoda - Brachyura - Xanthidae - Etisus

Etisus electra (Herbst, 1801)

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World Distribution
(Serène, 1984: 228): large indo-west-pacific distribution; Red Sea, South Africa, Madagascar, Seychelles, Mozambique, French Polynesia, Easter Island. - Littoral

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Associated with corals (facultative)

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 0-6 m

New Caledonia data
Nouvelle Caledonie, STATION — Edwards AM, Nouv Arch MNHN 8: 229-267

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
EASTER ISLAND - Etisus electra - Garth, 1973: 320 (Easter Island, Anakena Bay). - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Etisus rugosus Jacquinot, 1852, pl. 4, fig. 2. - Jacquinot & Lucas, 1853: 33 (Mangareva). - Etisodes electra - Nobili, 1907: 390 (Hikueru, "Rikitea" = Mangareva, Marutea South) pro parte cf. Rathbun, 1907: 42 (Fakarava). - Forest & Guinot, 1961: 89, fig. 82a-b (Tahiti); 1962: 66 (Biogeography "Tahiti-Tuamotu"). - Guinot, 1985: 450 (List). - Etisus electra - Monteforte, 1984: 170, annex 1, tab. a (Tahiti). - Serène, 1984: 228 (Syn.). - Poupin, 1996a: 52 (Checklist) - New material - Coll. & det. J. Poupin (Moruroa). - Unpublished sp. - Austral, Rapa Island, Haurei bay, coll. BENTHAUS Expedition (Warén), November 8, 2002, det. J. Poupin November 25, 2003 (1 sp. in MNHN). - Remark: Guinot (1964: 54) indicates that the material from Hikueru, attributed by Nobili to E. electra, includes in fact three species: Etisus electra, E. frontalis (Dana, 1852), and E. aff. bifrontalis (Edmonson, 1935). - Mission CRIOBE 2014 (Tahiti, collection, 1982, coll. Monteforte, det. J. Forest)

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