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Decapoda - Brachyura - Xanthidae - Liocarpilodes

Liocarpilodes pacificus Balss, 1938

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World Distribution
Davie (2002: 520, Zoological catalogue of Australia). Indonesia, Coral Sea, Fiji, French Polynesia.
Paulay (2003), Guam as L. armiger pacificus.

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

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 0-30 m

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
Liocarpilodes armiger - Peyrot-Clausade, 1977a, annex of the species: 26; 1977b: 213 (Moorea); 1989: 111, 115 (Moorea, Tikehau; 30m). - Guinot, 1985: 450, with a ? (List). - Poupin, 1996a: 54 (Checklist).
Remarks - Record from Moorea attributed herein to the 'pacific' form of Liocarpilodes armiger, L. pacificus Balss (1936), without re-examination of the specimens See Davie (2002: 520, Zoological catalogue of Australia). The differences between L. armiger and L. pacificus are in need of revision. Paulay (2003) indicates for Guam 'L. armiger pacificus'.

Comment(s) on data
See Guinot (1958) and Serène (1984: 264-265) for comments on differences between L. armiger and L. pacificus. Differences between the two species in need of revision.

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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