Polydectus H. Milne Edwards, 1837

Castro, Peter, 2011, Catalog of the anomuran and brachyuran crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura, Brachyura) of the Hawaiian Islands 2947, Zootaxa 2947 (1), pp. 1-154 : 101

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Genus Polydectus H. Milne Edwards, 1837 View in CoL

Polydectus cupulifer (Latreille, in Milbert, 1812)

Cancer cupulifer Latreille , in Milbert, 1812: 273 [type locality: Ile-de-France (= Mauritius); type material: status and location unknown].

Hawaiian Is. records:

Polydectus cupulifer View in CoL (Latreille, in Milbert, 1812) — Rathbun 1906: 866 [Hawai‘i, Laysan]. — Verrill 1928: 18, pl. 4, fig. A, pl. 5, fig. A [H.I.]. — Edmondson 1946: 33, 301 [H.I.]; 1962a: 216, 304, fig. 34 [H.I.]. — Tinker 1965: 118, pl. 47 [H.I.]. — Guinot et al. 1995: fig. 3B [O‘ahu]. — Coles, DeFelice & Eldredge 1999: 160 [O‘ahu]. — Godwin & Bolick 2006: 39, 49 [Moloka‘i]. — Hoover 2006: 39, 282, color photograph [O‘ahu].

Taxonomy. Serène (1984)

Geographical distribution. Across Indo-West Pacific region.

Habitat. Intertidal, shallow subtidal.

References

Coles, S. L., DeFelice, R. C. & Eldredge, L. G. (1999) Nonindigenous marine species introductions in the harbors of the south and west shores of Oahu, Hawaii. Report prepared for the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. Bishop Museum Technical Report, 15, i - vii, 1 - 210.

Edmondson, C. H. (1946) Reef and Shore Fauna of Hawaii. Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Special Publication, 22, 1 - 381 [revised 1933 edition].

Godwin, S. & Bolick, H. (2006) Inventory of intertidal and shallow subtidal marine invertebrates at Kalaupapa National Historic Park. Final report prepared for the U. S. Department of Interior, National Park Service, Pacific Islands Coral Reef Program, Honolulu. Bishop Museum Technical Report, 2006 - 003, 1 - 58.

Hoover, J. P. (2006) Hawai'i's Sea Creatures. Revised edition. Mutual Publishing, Honolulu, xviii + 366 pp. [first edition 1999]

Milne Edwards, H. (1837) Histoire naturelle des Crustaces, Comprenant l'Anatomie, la Physiologie et la Classification des ces Animaux, vol. 2, Librairie Encyclopedique de Roret, Paris, 1 - 532 pp.

Rathbun, M. J. (1906) The Brachyura and Macrura of the Hawaiian Islands. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, 23 (3) [1903], 827 - 930, pls. 1 - 24.

Serene, R. (1984) Crustaces decapodes brachyoures de l'Ocean Indien Occidental et de la Mer Rouge. Xanthoidea: Xanthidae et Trapeziidae. Addendum: Carpillidae et Menippidae par A. Crosnier. Faune Tropicale (ORSTOM), 24, 1 - 400, pls. 1 - 48.

Tinker, S. W. (1965) Pacific Crustacea. An Illustrated Handbook on the Reef-Dwelling Crustacea of Hawaii and the South Seas. Charles E. Tuttle, Rutland, VT & Tokyo, 134 pp.

Verrill, A. E. (1928) Hawaiian shallow water Anthozoa. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin, 49, 1 - 30.