Decapoda - Anomura - Hippidae - Hippa

Hippa marmorata (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846)



World Distribution
(Hendrickx & Harvey, 1999: 367) - Tanzania to Panama, including Hawaii and French Polynesia. In the eastern Pacific: Gulf of California to Panama and Oceanic Islands: Revillagigedo (Socorro), Clipperton, Coco, Galapagos.

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

Vertical range : Intertidal - Min-Max observed: 1-60 m

New Caledonia data
Nouvelle Caledonie, PLG146 — Boyko CB & Harvey, Musorstom 20, 180: 379-406
Nouvelle Caledonie, STATION — Boyko CB & Harvey, Musorstom 20, 180: 379-406
Nouvelle Caledonie, STATION — Boyko CB & Harvey, Musorstom 20, 180: 379-406
Nouvelle Caledonie, STATION — Boyko CB & Harvey, Musorstom 20, 180: 379-406
Nouvelle Caledonie, STATION — Boyko CB & Harvey, Musorstom 20, 180: 379-406

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
CLIPPERTON - Hippa pacifica - Chace, 1962: 630 (Clipperton). - Hendrickx & Harvey, 1999: 367 (distribution). - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Remipes pacificus - Nobili, 1907: 378 (Mangareva). - Seurat, 1934: 60 (Tahiti). - ? Hippa sp. - Chabouis L. & F., 1954: 92, unnumbered fig. (French Polynesia; det. according to the shape of the front margin, on the figure). - Hippa pacifica - Haig, 1974: 181, fig. 3 (Gambier, distribution only; Syn.). - Poupin, 1996a: 23 (Checklist) - Poupin & Juncker, 2010: 109, Makemo, Tahiti. Unpublished specimen - Coll. P. Frouin (st. 1458, Tahiti), det. J. Poupin. - Remark: Nobili's material has been re-examined (MNHN Hi38, Mangareva, 1 female ov. 22x17, coll. Seurat 1905, det. Nobili 1906) and is similar to other specimens attributed by de Man to this species (MNHN Hi107, Java sea; MNHN Hi108, Atjeh). - Hippa pacifica. - Salvat & Bacchet, 2011: 240, photo, field guide 'Au Vent des Iles Ed. Tahiti - French Polynesia, most often Society (Moorea, Tahiti).

Comment(s) on data
Remipes pacificus Dana, 1852 (junior synonym)

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