Decapoda - Anomura - Hippidae - Hippa

Hippa adactyla Fabricius, 1787

2 Illustration(s)

World Distribution
Boyko & Harvey (1999 : 400), MASDEA/AfReMas Internet - Afrique orientale, Mozambique, Kenya, Tanzanie, Madagascar, Seychelles, Maurice, à Australie, Japon et Marquises. Comprend aussi Comores, Europa.

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Soft bottom (mud or sand)

Vertical range : Intertidal - Min-Max observed: 0-10 m

Mayotte data
Hippa adactyla - Fourmanoir, 1955 : 32 (Grande Comore, Mitsamiouli). - Norbert Verneau, Mayotte, photo, 2010, intertidal, sand in breaking waves zone, islet Bandrélé, Lt about 40 mm, det. J. Poupin, 14/12/2017.

Europa data
Remipes testudinarius - Fourmanoir, 1952 : 177 (Europa). Remipes testudinarius Latreille, 1806 est un synonyme de H. adactyla. - Hippa adactyla. - Dérijard, 1966 : 175 (Europa).

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
Remipes testudinarius - ? Heller, 1865: 72 (Tahiti; reference not found in Haig, 1970). - De Man, 1896: 466 ("Nuka-hiwa (Mus. Paris)" = Nuku Hiva). - Hippa adactyla - Holthuis, 1953: 35 (Tahiti). - Haig, 1970: 294 (Syn.); 1974: 179, fig. 2, pl. 6 (Marquesas, distribution only). - Poupin, 1996a: 23 (Checklist and new record at Tahiti). - Boyko, 2000: 116 (Ua Huka; 6-10m) - Synonyms - Remipes testudinarius Latreille, 1806.

Other data
Polynesie, 22 — Boyko CB, Zoosystema 22, 1.

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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