crustasea

FRENCH POLYNESIA CRUSTACEA CHECKLIST

(note: these are names extracted from literature records)

Species recorded from Moorea outlined in yellow.

G.M. Nishida, Version 2008 November 19

Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Arthropoda, Subphylum Crustacea, Class Malacostraca

ORDER Family Genus                                      Austral               Gambier              Marquesas          Society                Tuamotu             Outside French Polynesia

AMPHIPODA
Talitridae
Floresorchestia
anoquesana (Bousfield, 1971)			Fatuhiva, Nukuhiva
floresiana (Weber, 1892)			Fatuhiva, Hivaoa, Nukuhiva, Tahuata,  Uahuka, Uapou	Tahiti		Line Is (Palmyra); AUSTRALASIAN: New Britain; INDOMALAYAN: Seychelles; Gulf of Siam, Indonesia (Java, Bali, and Westflores, Flores)
monospina (Stephenson, 1935)			Uahuka, Uapou
Orchestia
anoquesana Bousfield, 1971       SEE Floresorchestia floresiana
floresiana Weber, 1892       SEE Floresorchestia floresiana
floresiana monospina Stephenson, 1935       SEE Floresorchestia monospina
gambierensis Chevreux, 1908		Mangareva			Tuamotu Is
marquesana Stephensen, 1935			Nukuhiva, Uahuka, Uapou
Platorchestia
platensis (Krøyer, 1845)		Mangareva			S Marutea	Hawaiian Is; Vanuatu (?); INDOMALAYAN: Indonesia (Bali); Maldive Archipelago, (Mahlosmadulu Atoll); NEOTROPIC: Uruguay [?]
Talitrus
sylvaticus Haswell, 1880			Fatuhiva, Hivaoa, Uapou			Hawaiian Is; AUSTRALASIAN: Australia (NSW, Tasmania)
Talorchestia
rectimana (Dana, 1852)				Moorea, Tahiti
DECAPODA
Atyidae
Atya
pilipes Newport, 1847	Rurutu, Tubuai			Moorea
serrata Spence Bate, 1888	Rapa	Mangareva	Eiao, Fatuhiva, Hivaoa, Nukuhiva, Uapou	Tahiti		Fiji; Mariana Is; Samoa; AUSTRALASIAN: Solomon Is; AFROTROPIC: West Africa, Indian Ocean (Madagascar, Reunion, Mauritius), INDOMALAYAN: East Indian archipelago
Caridina
rapaensis Edmondson, 1935	Rapa
weberi de Man, 1892			Fatuhiva, Nukuhiva, Uapou	Moorea, Tahiti		AUSTRALASIAN: Indonesia (Salayer, Celebes), INDOMALAYAN: Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Flores)
Ortmannia
alluaudi Bouvier, 1905			Eiao, Fatuhiva			AFROTROPIC: Madagascar
Coenobitidae
Coenobita
perlatus Milne-Edwards, 1837				Tahiti
Gecarcinidae
Cardisoma
carnifex (Herbst, 1796)				Moorea, Tahiti	Tuamotu Is
Ocypodidae
Ocypode
ceratophthalma (Pallas, 1772)		Mangareva		Tahiti	Tuamotu Is	AUSTRALASIAN: Australia (NSW, NT, Qld); AFROTROPIC: Mocambique; INDOMALYAN: India
Palaemonidae
Macrobrachium
aemulum (Nobili, 1906)		Mangareva		Tahiti
australe (Guérin-Méneville, 1838)			Fatuhiva, Hivaoa, Nukuhiva, Uapou	Moorea, Tahiti		Samoa; AUSTRALASIAN: Indonesia (Amboina, Tandjong); AFROTROPIC: Reunion, Mauritius, Rodriguez
lar (Fabricius, 1798)	Rurutu, Tubuai	Mangareva	Eiao, Fatuhiva, Hivaoa, Nukuhiva, Uahuka, Uapou, Tahuata	Moorea, Tahiti		Fiji, Vanuatu; AUSTRALASIAN: Australia, New Zealand; AFROTROPIC: Madagascar, Mascarenes; INDOMALAYAN: Indonesia (Moluccas); Philippines (Mindanao)
Palaemon
aemulus Nobili, 1906       SEE Macrobrachium aemulum
dispar von Martens, 1868       SEE Macrobrachium australe
latimanus von Martens, 1868			Fatuhiva, Hivaoa, Mohotani, Tahuata, Uapou	Tahiti		Fiji, Samoa; INDOMALAYAN: Malay Archipelago, Philippines
ISOPODA
Alloniscidae
Alloniscus
oahuensis Budde-Lund, 1885	Raivavae, Tubuai	Akamaru, Aukena, Mangareva	Hivaoa, Mohotani, Uahuka	Tahiti	Tuamotu Is	Hawaiian Is; Kiribati (Line Is: Kiritimati, Tabuaeran); Line Is (Palmyra), Samoa; AUSTRALASIAN: Flores I; widely distributed along coasts of Indian and Pacific Oceans
Armadillidae
Cubaris
murina Brandt, 1833	Raivavae, Rapa	Mangareva	Eiao, Fatuhiva, Hivaoa, Mohotani, Nukuhiva, Uahuka, Uapou	Moorea, Tahiti		Kiribati (Line Is: Tabuaeran); NEOTROPIC: Brazil; Pantropical
Echinodillo
montanum Jackson, 1933			Uahuka
Spherillo
marquesarum Jackson, 1933	Raivavae, Rimatarai, Rurutu	Mangareva	Uapou	Moorea, Tahiti		Pitcairn (Henderson)
marquesarum australis Jackson, 1938	Raivavae, Rurutu, Tubuai
montivagus (Budde-Lund, 1885)       SEE Spherillo vitiensis
pygmaeus (Verhoeff, 1926)			Nukuhiva			AUSTRALASIAN: New Caledonia.
testudinalis (Budde-Lund, 1885)       SEE Spherillo vitiensis
vitiensis Dana, 1853	Raivavae, Rapa, Tubuai	Mangareva	Hivaoa, Nukuhiva, Uahuka, Uapou	Mehetia, Moorea, Raiatea, Tahaa, Tahiti		Samoa; Pitcairn (Henderson), Tonga
Tridentodillo
squamosus Jackson, 1933			Nukuhiva
Ligiidae
Ligia
philoscoides Jackson, 1938	Rapa
rugosa Jackson, 1938	Marotiri	Mangareva
vitiensis (Dana, 1853)		Mangareva	Eiao			Fiji, AUSTRALASIAN: New Guinea
Oniscidae
Cerberoides
bicornis Jackson, 1938	Rapa
brevicauda Jackson, 1938	Rapa
pilosus Jackson, 1938	Rapa
Philosciidae
Australophiloscia

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   societatis (Maccagno, 1932)

Raivavae, Rapa, Rurutu, Tubuai

Mangareva

Hivaoa, Nukuhiva, Tahuata, Uahuka

Moorea, Tahiti

Tuamotu Is

Hawaiian Is; Pitcairn (Pitcairn); Tonga

Philoscia

   fasciata Jackson, 1935

      SEE Austrophiloscia societatis

   gracilis australis Jackson, 1938

Tubuai

Samoa (type locality)

   lifuensis Stebbing, 1900

Mangareva

   persona Jackson, 1938

Marotiri

   societatis Maccagno, 1932

      SEE Australophiloscia societatis

   squamata setosa Jackson, 1938

Marotiri

   squamosa Jackson, 1938

Marotiri

Setaphora

   truncata (Dollfus, 1898)

Rapa, Tubuai

Mangareva

Fatuhiva, Nukuhiva, Uapou

Huahine, Moorea, Raiatea, Tahiti

Pitcairn (Henderson); AUSTRALASIAN: Indonesia (Celebes, Flores); INDOMALAYAN: Malaysia:

Porcellionidae

Porcellio

   laevis Latreille, 1804

Mangareva

Nukuhiva

AUSTRALASIAN: Australia, Norfolk I; New Caledonia; cosmopolitan

   scaber Latreille, 1804

Rapa

PALEARCTIC: Europe; cosmopolitan

   pruinosus Brandt, 1833

      SEE Porcellionides pruinosus

Porcellionides

   pruinosus (Brandt, 1833)

Eiao, Fatuuku, Hivaoa, Mohotani, Nukuhiva

Kiribati (Line Is: Kanton, Tabuaeran); Mariana Is.; AUSTRALASIAN: New Caledonia; PALEARCTIC: Germany (type locality); Cosmopolitan

Styloniscidae

Styloniscus

   thomsoni (Chilton, 1885)

Rapa

AUSTRALASIAN: Auckland Islands; New Zealand;  Western Australia..

Trachelipodidae

Nagurus

   tahitiensis (Jackson, 1933)

Maria, Tubuai

Mangareva

Raiatea, Tahiti

Kiribati (Line Is: Kiritimati)

Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Arthropoda, Subphylum Crustacea, Class Maxillopoda, Subclass Copepoda

ORDER Family Genus                                       Austral           Gambier                Marquesas       Society            Tuamotu           Outside French Polynesia

CYCLOPOIDA
Cyclopidae
Mesocyclops
aspericornis (Daday, 1906)	Rurutu		Hivaoa, Nukuhiva	Huahine, Moorea, Tahiti	Rangiroa, Takapoto	Hawaii, Mariana Islands, Marshall Islands, AUSTRALASIAN: Australia; INDOMALAYAN: China, Indonesia, India, Philippines, Taiwan, Singapore; NEOTROPIC: Colombia, French Antilles, Venezuela

Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Arthropoda, Subphylum Crustacea, Class Ostracoda

ORDER Family Genus                                       Austral           Gambier                Marquesas       Society             Tuamotu           Outside French Polynesia

PODOCOPIDA
Cyprididae
Cypretta
nukuhivana Furtos, 1934			Nukuhiva
Hansacypris					Pinaki, Rangiroa	Guam, Kiribati, Pohnpei; AUSTRALASIAN: New Guinea, Papua New Guiinea
aspera Wouters, 1984