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