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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






   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





















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