Decapoda - Brachyura - Xanthidae - Etisus

Etisus splendidus Rathbun, 1906

10 Illustration(s)

World Distribution
(Serène, 1984: 225) - Red Sea, Madagascar, Seychelles, Japan, Hawaii. Plus Wallis & Futuna, French Polynesia.
Serène (1984 : 225) - Indo-ouest Pacifique. Mer Rouge, Madagascar, Seychelles, Réunion, premier signalement, Japon, Hawaii. Comprend Wallis & Futuna, Polynésie française.

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

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 0-5 m

Mayotte data
Etisus splendidus Rathbun, 1906
Material examined — Mayotte KUW 2009, st. 32, carapace only (photo). - Photo Yvon Gildas, Mayotte sur le site : http://www.mayotte-photos-plongee.com/. - Photo Benjamin Pineau, lagon de nuit. - Poupin, 2016: 50, Juan de Nova, Expedition Juan de Nova December 2013, outer-reef, st11, typical chela and carpus on fore reef (photo) (nr).
Remarks — Diagnostic characters for this species are under E. dentatus. In complement of the carapace examined on the field (not retained), several in situ photo of this big bright red crab are from Mayotte in Legall & Poupin (2018).
Geographic and depth ranges — Red Sea, Mayotte (this work), Madagascar to Hawaii, French Polynesia; subtidal to at least 10 m.

Réunion data
Etisus splendidus - Mission Poupin, avril 2008 (D'après photographie d'A. Diringer).

New Caledonia data
Etisus splendidus - Juncker & Poupin (2009: 67, n°801, CRISP Report) - Profondeur : 1-20 m / Source : ce travail d’après photos in situ.

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
WALLIS & FUTUNA - Etisus splendidus - Poupin & Juncker, in preparation (Wallis). - FRENCH POLYNESIA. - Etisus (Etisodes) splendidus - Holthuis, 1953: 21 (Raroia). - Morrison, 1954: 16 (Raroia). - Etisus splendidus - Forest & Guinot, 1961: 88, fig. 81a-c (Hikueru); 1962: 66 (Biogeography "Tahiti-Tuamotu"). - Guinot, 1966a: 48 (Raroia); 1985: 450 (List). - Monteforte, 1984: 170, annex 1, tab. a (Mataiva?, Moorea, Tahiti, Takapoto?). - Salvat, 1986b: 72, photograph (French Polynesia). - Bonvallot et al., 1994: 145 (Tuamotu). - Poupin, 1994a: 43, fig. 39, pl. 5b (Taiaro, Takapoto); 1996a: 53 (Checklist). - Unpublished sp., coll. & det. G. Paulay, Tahiti, October 19, 2001, east coast, at Trou de Souffleur (FLMNH-UF 1407), also Tikehau (photograph). - Field observation, 2006, photograph by P. Bacchet, det. Bacchet/Poupin, Tahiti, outer slope at night, 5 m. - Salvat & Bacchet, 2011: 251, photo, field guide 'Au Vent des Iles Ed. Tahiti - French Polynesia, most often Society (Moorea, Tahiti), also Etisus sp.

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