Crabs alone account  for almost half of the Crustacea Decapoda and Stomatopoda recorded from French Polynesia, about 380 species, mainly Xanthidae, Portunidae, Grapsidae, and Trapeziidae.

• FAMILY   DROMIIDAE (see additions; updated with McLAY, 2001)

• Cryptodromia coronata Stimpson, 1859
• Cryptodromia fallax (Lamarck, 1818)
• Cryptodromia hilgendorfi De Man, 1888
• Cryptodromia marquesas McLay, 2001
• Cryptodromia erioxylon McLay, 2001
• Cryptodromiopsis tridens Borradaile, 1903
• Cryptodromiopsis unidentata (Ruppel, 1830)
• Dromia dormia (Linnaeus, 1763)
• Dromia wilsoni (Fulton & Grant, 1902)
• Dromidiopsis richeri McLay, 2001
• Sphaerodromia ducoussoi McLay, 1991

• FAMILY   DYNOMENIDAE  (see additions)
• Dynomene hispida Guérin-Méneville, 1832
• Dynomene praedator A. Milne Edwards, 1879
• Hirsutodynomene spinosa (Rathbun, 1911)
• Metadynomene devaneyi (Takeda, 1977)
• Metadynomene tanensis (Yokoya, 1933)

• FAMILY   HOMOLIDAE
• Homola ikedai Sakai, 1979
• Homola orientalis Henderson, 1888 s.l.
• Homologenus broussei Guinot & Richer de Forges, 1981
• Lamoha aff. murotoensis Sakai, 1979 (see additions)
• Lamoha inflata Guinot & Richer de Forges, 1981
• Lamoha personata Guinot & Richer de Forges, 1981
• Moloha aff. majora (Kubo, 1936)
• Yaldwynopsis aff. spinimanus (Griffin, 1965)

• FAMILY   LATREILLIDAE
• Latreillia aff. phalangium de Haan (see additions)
• Latreillia metanesa Williams, 1982

• FAMILY   RANINIDAE
• Notopoides latus Henderson, 1888
• Notosceles chimmonis Bourne, 1922
• Notosceles viaderi Ward, 1942
• Ranina ranina (Linné, 1758)

• FAMILY   POUPINIIDAE
• Poupinia hirsuta Guinot, 1990

• FAMILY   CALAPPIDAE (see additions)
• Ashtoret lunaris (Forskål, 1775)
• Ashtoret picta (Hess, 1865)
• Calappa bicornis ? Miers
• Calappa calappa (Linné, 1758)
• Calappa gallus (Herbst, 1803)
• Calappa hepatica (Linné, 1758)
• Calappa sebastieni Galil, 1997
• Cycloes granulosa de Haan, 1837 ?
• Cycloes marisrubri Galil & Clark, 1996
• Matuta victor (Fabricius, 1781)
• Mursia hawaiiensis Rathbun, 1893
• Mursia poupini Galil, 2001
• Mursia ? spinimanus Rathbun, 1906

• FAMILY   LEUCOSIIDAE (Photographs)
• Ebaliopsis erosa (A. Milne Edwards, 1874)
• Heteronucia venusta Nobili, 1906
• Nucia rosea Nobili, 1906
• Nursia mimetica Nobili, 1906
• Oreotlos encymus Tan & Ng, 1992
• Oreotlos potanus Tan & Ng, 1992
• Randallia serenei Richer de Forges, 1983

• FAMILY   MAJIDAE
• Acanthophrys cristimanus A. Milne Edwards, 1865
• Camposcia retusa Latreille, 1829
• Cyclax suborbicularis (Stimpson, 1858)
• Cyrtomaia ihlei Guinot & Richer de Forges, 1982
• Cyrtomaia sp. nov. cf. ihlei Guinot & Richer de Forges, 1982
• Huenia proteus de Haan, 1839
• Hyastenus aff. borradailei (Rathbun, 1907)
• Menaethius monoceros (Latreille, 1825)
• Micippa margaritifera Henderson, 1893
• Micippa parca Alcock, 1895
• Micippoides angustifrons A. Milne Edwards, 1873
• Naxioides teatui Poupin, 1995
• Naxioides vaitahu Poupin, 1995
• Perinea tumida Dana, 1851
• Schizophrys aspera (H. Milne Edwards, 1834)
• Simocarcinus obtusirostris (Miers, 1879)
• Tylocarcinus dumerilii (H. Milne Edwards, 1834)

• FAMILY   PARTHENOPIDAE
• Actaeomorpha alvae Boone, 1934
• Aethra scruposa (Linné, 1764)
• Daldorfia horrida (Linné, 1758)
• Parthenope contrarius (Herbst, 1796)
• Parthenope hoplonotus (Adams & White, 1848)
• Garthambrus poupini (Garth, 1993) (see additions)
• Garthambrus stellata (Rathbun, 1906)

• FAMILY   CANCRIDAE
• Platepistoma balssii (Zarenkov, 1990)

• FAMILY   GERYONIDAE
• Chaceon australis Manning, 1993
• Chaceon poupini Manning, 1992

• FAMILY   GONEPLACIDAE
• Carcinoplax aff. cooki Rathbun, 1906
• Carcinoplax aff. crosnieri Guinot & Richer de Forges, 1981
• Carcinoplax aff. verdensis Rathbun, 1914
• Intesius crosnieri Davie, 1998 (see additions)

 

• FAMILY   EUMEDONIDAE
• Echinoecus pentagonus (A. Milne Edwards, 1879)

• FAMILY   PORTUNIDAE (see additions)
• Caphyra rotundifrons (A. Milne Edwards, 1869)
• Caphyra tridens Richters, 1880
• Carupa tenuipes Dana, 1852
• Catoptrus nitidus A. Milne Edwards, 1870
• Charybdis annulata (Fabricius, 1798)
• Charybdis erythrodactyla (Lamarck, 1818)
• Charybdis hawaiensis Edmonson, 1954
• Charybdis orientalis Dana, 1852
• Charybdis paucidentata A. Milne Edwards, 1861
• Lissocarcinus elegans Boone, 1934
• Lissocarcinus laevis Miers, 1886
• Lissocarcinus orbicularis Dana, 1852
• Lupocyclus quinquedentatus Rathbun, 1906
• Parathranites hexagonum Rathbun, 1906
• Podophthalmus vigil (Fabricius, 1798)
• Portunus alexandri (Rathbun, 1907) Incertae sedis
• Portunus dubius (Laurie, 1906)
• Portunus granulatus (H. Milne-Edwards, 1834)
• Portunus guinotae Stephenson & Rees, 1961
• Portunus iranjae Crosnier, 1962
• Portunus longispinosus (Dana, 1852)
• Portunus macrophthalmus Rathbun, 1906
• Portunus nipponensis Sakai, 1938
• Portunus orbitosinus Rathbun, 1911
• Portunus pelagicus (Linné, 1758)
• Portunus sanguinolentus (Herbst, 1783)
• Portunus sp. nov. cf. nipponensis Crosnier & Moosa in study
• Scylla serrata (Forskål, 1775)
• Thalamita sp. (Crosnier en cours)
• Thalamita admete (Herbst, 1803)
• Thalamita bouvieri Nobili, 1906
• Thalamita chaptalii (Audouin, 1826)
• Thalamita coerulipes Jacquinot, 1852
• Thalamita cooperi Borradaile, 1903
• Thalamita corrugata Stephenson & Rees, 1961
• Thalamita crenata (Latreille, 1829)
• Thalamita dakini Montgomery, 1931
• Thalamita danae Stimpson, 1858
• Thalamita demani Nobili, 1905
• Thalamita edwardsi Borradaile, 1900
• Thalamita gatavakensis Nobili, 1906
• Thalamita gloriensis Crosnier, 1962
• Thalamita gracilipes (A. Milne Edwards, 1873)
• Thalamita integra Dana, 1852
• Thalamita macropus Montgomery, 1931
• Thalamita macrospinifera Rathbun, 1911
• Thalamita minuscula Nobili, 1906
• Thalamita mitsiensis Crosnier, 1962
• Thalamita philippinensis Stephenson & Rees, 1967
• Thalamita picta Stimpson, 1858
• Thalamita pilumnoides Borradaile, 1903
• Thalamita prymna (Herbst, 1803)
• Thalamita quadrilobata Miers, 1884
• Thalamita seurati Nobili, 1906
• Thalamita spinifera Borradaile, 1903
• Thalamita woodmasoni Alcock, 1899
• Thalamitoides quadridens A. Milne Edwards, 1869

• FAMILY   XANTHIDAE
• Actaea aff. glandifera Rathbun, 1914
• Actaea calculosa (H. Milne Edwards, 1834)
• Actaea danae A. Milne Edwards, 1865
• Actaea polyacantha (Heller, 1861)
• Actaeodes consobrinus (A. Milne Edwards, 1873)
• Actaeodes hirsutissimus (Rüppell, 1830)
• Actaeodes tomentosus (H. Milne Edwards, 1834)
• Alainodaeus akiaki Davie, 1993
• Alainodaeus nuku sp. nov. Davie in press
• Alainodaeus rimatara Davie, 1993
• Atergatis floridus (Linné, 1767)
• Atergatopsis cf. germaini A. Milne Edwards, 1865
• Atergatopsis signatus (Adams & White, 1848)
• Banareia fatuhiva Davie, 1993
• Banareia parvula (Krauss, 1843)
• Beuroisia manquenei Guinot & Richer de Forges, 1981
• Chlorodiella barbata (Borradaile, 1900)
• Chlorodiella cytherea (Dana, 1852)
• Chlorodiella laevissima (Dana, 1852)
• Chlorodiella nigra (Forskål, 1775)
• Cymo andreossyi (Audouin, 1826)
• Cymo deplanatus A. Milne Edwards, 1873
• Cymo melanodactylus de Haan, 1833
• Cymo quadrilobatus Miers, 1884
• Daira perlata (Herbst, 1790)
• Demania garthi Guinot & Richer de Forges, 1981
• Demania mortenseni (Odhner, 1925)
• Epistocavea mururoa Davie, 1993
• Etisus anaglyptus H. Milne Edwards, 1834
• Etisus bifrontalis (Edmonson, 1935)
• Etisus demani Odhner, 1925
• Etisus dentatus (Herbst, 1785)
• Etisus electra (Herbst, 1801)
• Etisus frontalis (Dana, 1852)
• Etisus laevimanus Randall, 1839
• Etisus punctatus Jacquinot, 1852
• Etisus splendidus Rathbun, 1906
• Euryozius danielae Davie, 1993
• Euxanthus exsculptus (Herbst, 1790)
• Euxanthus sculptilis Dana, 1852
• Forestia depressa (White, 1847)
• Forestia scabra (Odhner, 1925)
• Gaillardiellus rueppelli (Kraus, 1843)
• Gaillardiellus superciliaris (Odhner, 1925)
• Garthiella aberrans (Rathbun, 1906)
• Hypocolpus mararae Crosnier, 1991
• Lachnopodus bidentatus (A. Milne Edwards, 1867)
• Lachnopodus ponapensis (Rathbun, 1907)
• Lachnopodus subacutus (Stimpson, 1858)
• Lachnopodus tahitensis De Man, 1889
• Leptodius davaoensis Ward, 1941
• Leptodius exaratus (H. Milne Edwards, 1834)
• Leptodius gracilis (Dana, 1852)
• Leptodius sanguineus (H. Milne Edwards, 1834)
• Liocarpilodes armiger (Nobili, 1906)
• Liocarpilodes harmsi (Balss, 1934)
• Liocarpilodes integerrimus (Dana, 1852)
• Liomera bella (Dana, 1852)
• Liomera cinctimana (White, 1847)
• Liomera laevis (A. Milne Edwards, 1873)
• Liomera laperousei Garth, 1985
• Liomera monticulosa (A. Milne Edwards, 1873)
• Liomera pallida (Borradaile, 1900)
• Liomera rubra (A. Milne Edwards, 1865)
• Liomera rugata (H. Milne Edwards, 1834)
• Liomera semigranosa De Man, 1888
• Liomera stimpsoni (A. Milne Edwards, 1865)
• Liomera tristis (Dana, 1852)
• Liomera venosa (H. Milne Edwards, 1834)
• Lioxanthodes alcocki Calman, 1909
• Lophozozymus bertonciniae Guinot & Richer de Forges, 1981
• Lophozozymus cristatus A. Milne Edwards, 1867
• Lophozozymus dodone (Herbst, 1801)
• Lophozozymus edwardsi Odhner, 1925
• Lophozozymus glaber Ortmann, 1893
• Lophozozymus pictor (Fabricius, 1798)
• Lophozozymus superbus (Dana, 1852)
• Lybia caestifera (Alcock, 1897 )
• Lybia plumosa Barnard, 1947
• Lybia tessellata (Latreille, 1812)
• Macromedaeus crassimanus (A. Milne Edwards, 1867)
• Macromedaeus distinguendus (de Haan, 1835)
• Macromedaeus nudipes (A. Milne Edwards, 1867)
• Mathildella maxima Guinot & Richer de Forges, 1981
• Medaeus grandis Davie, 1993
• Meractaea tafai Davie, 1993
• Meriola rufomaculata Davie, 1993
• Nanocassiope oblonga Davie 1995
• Neoliomera demani Forest & Guinot, 1961
• Neoliomera insularis (White, 1847)
• Neoliomera pubescens (H. Milne Edwards, 1834)
• Neoliomera richtersi (De Man, 1889)
• Neoliomera variolosa (A. Milne Edwards, 1873)
• Neoxanthops cavatus (Rathbun, 1907)
• Palapedia marquesas (Serène, 1972)
• Palapedia rastripes (Müller, 1887)
• Panopeus pacificus Edmondson, 1931
• Paractaea excentrica Guinot, 1969
• Paractaea retusa (Nobili, 1905)
• Paractaea rufopunctata H. Milne Edwards, 1834
• Paractaeopsis quadriareolatus (Takeda & Miyake, 1968)
• Paractaeopsis tumulosus (Odhner, 1925)
• Paramedaeus noelensis (Ward, 1934)
• Paramedaeus simplex (A. Milne Edwards, 1873)
• Paraxanthias notatus (Dana, 1852)
• Paraxanthodes polynesiensis Davie, 1993
• Phymodius granulosus (De Man, 1888)
• Phymodius monticulosus (Dana, 1852)
• Phymodius nitidus (Dana, 1852)
• Phymodius ungulatus (H. Milne Edwards, 1834)
• Pilodius areolatus (H. Milne Edwards, 1834)
• Pilodius flavus Rathbun, 1893
• Pilodius paumotensis Rathbun, 1907
• Pilodius pubescens Dana, 1852
• Pilodius pugil Dana, 1852
• Pilodius scabriculus Dana, 1852
• Platypodia anaglypta (Heller, 1861)
• Platypodia granulosa (Rüppell, 1830)
• Platypodia pseudogranulosa Serène, 1984
• Platypodia semigranosa (Heller, 1861)
• Pleurocolpus boileaui Crosnier, 1995
• Polydectus cupulifer (Latreille, 1812)
• Progeryon mararae Guinot & Richer de Forges, 1981
• Psaumis cavipes (Dana, 1852)
• Psaumis cellulosa (Dana, 1852)
• Pseudoliomera granosimana (A. Milne Edwards, 1865)
• Pseudoliomera lata (Borradaile, 1902)
• Pseudoliomera ruppellioides (Odhner, 1925)
• Pseudoliomera speciosa (Dana, 1852)
• Pseudoliomera variolosa (Borradaile, 1902)
• Rata tuamotense Davie, 1993
• Tweedieia laysani (Rathbun, 1906)
• Tweedieia odhneri (Gordon, 1934)
• Xanthias canaliculatus Rathbun, 1906
• Xanthias lamarcki (H. Milne Edwards, 1834)
• Xanthias latifrons (De Man, 1888)
• Xanthias nitidulus (Dana, 1852)
• Xanthias punctatus (H. Milne Edwards, 1834)
• Xanthias tetraodon (Heller, 1865)
• Zozimus aeneus (Linné, 1758)
• Zozymodes pumilus (Jacquinot, 1852)
• Zozymodes xanthoides (Krauss, 1843)

• FAMILY   TRAPEZIIDAE
• Hexagonalia laboutei Galil, 1997
• Jonesius triunguiculatus (Borradaile, 1902)
• Quadrella boopsis Alcock, 1898 (see additions)
• Quadrella lewinsohni Galil, 1986 (see additions)
• Quadrella maculosa Alcock, 1898 (see additions)
• Quadrella serenei Galil, 1986 (see additions)
• Tetralia cinctipes Paulson, 1875
• Tetralia fulva Serène, 1984
• Tetralia rubridactyla Garth 1971
• Tetralia vanninii Galil & Clark, 1988
• Tetraloides heterodactyla (Heller, 1861)
• Tetraloides nigrifrons (Dana, 1852)
• Trapezia  punctimanus Odinetz, 1984
• Trapezia areolata Dana, 1852
• Trapezia bella Dana, 1852
• Trapezia cymodoce (Herbst, 1799)
• Trapezia digitalis Latreille, 1828
• Trapezia ferruginea Latreille, 1828
• Trapezia flavopunctata Eydoux & Souleyet, 1842
• Trapezia globosa Castro 1997
• Trapezia guttata Rüppell, 1830
• Trapezia lutea Castro, 1997a
• Trapezia rufopunctata (Herbst, 1801)
• Trapezia serenei Odinetz, 1984
• Trapezia speciosa Dana, 1852
• Trapezia tigrina Eydoux & Souleyet, 1842

• FAMILY   PILUMNIDAE
• Actumnus asper (Rüppell, 1830)
• Actumnus digitalis (Rathbun, 1907)
• Actumnus globulus Heller, 1861
• Actumnus obesus Dana, 1852
• Actumnus setifer (De Haan, 1835)
• Pilumnus merodentatus Nobili, 1906
• Pilumnus parvulus Nobili, 1906
• Pilumnus ransoni Forest & Guinot, 1961
• Pilumnus tahitensis De Man, 1890

• FAMILY   CARPILIIDAE
• Carpilius convexus (Forskål, 1775)
• Carpilius maculatus (Linné, 1758)

• FAMILY   MENIPPIDAE
• Dacryopilumnus eremita Nobili, 1906
• Domecia glabra Alcock, 1899
• Domecia hispida Eydoux & Souleyet, 1842
• Eriphia scabricula Dana, 1852
• Eriphia sebana (Shaw & Nodder, 1803)
• Globopilumnus globosus (Dana, 1852)
• Lydia annulipes (H. Milne Edwards, 1834)
• Ozius hawaiensis Rathbun, 1902
• Ozius rugulosus Stimpson, 1858
• Ozius tricarinatus Rathbun, 1907
• Ozius truncatus A. Milne Edwards, 1834
• Ozius tuberculosus H. Milne Edwards, 1834
• Pseudozius caystrus (Adams & White, 1848)

• FAMILY   GECARCINIDAE
• Cardisoma carnifex (Herbst, 1794)
• Cardisoma hirtipes Dana, 1851
• Cardisoma rotundum Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
• Discoplax longipes A. Milne Edwards, 1867
• Epigrapsus politus Heller, 1862

• FAMILY   GRAPSIDAE
• Chasmagnathus subquadratus Dana, 1851
• Cyclograpsus integer H. Milne Edwards, 1837
• Cyclograpsus longipes Stimpson, 1858
• Euchirograpsus tuerkayi Crosnier, 2001 (see database, references, additions)
• Geograpsus crinipes (Dana, 1851)
• Geograpsus grayi (H. Milne Edwards, 1853)
• Geograpsus stormi De Man, 1895
• Grapsus depressus Heller, 1862
• Grapsus longitarsis Dana, 1851
• Grapsus tenuicrustatus (Herbst, 1783)
• Hemigrapsus crenulatus (H. Milne Edwards, 1837)
• Labuanium trapezoideum (H. Milne Edwards, 1837)
• Leptograpsus variegatus (Fabricius, 1793)
• Metasesarma rousseauxi granularis Heller, 1862
• Metopograpsus messor (Forskål, 1775)
• Metopograpsus thukuhar (Owen, 1839)
• Pachygrapsus fakaravensis Rathbun, 1907
• Pachygrapsus minutus A. Milne Edwards, 1873
• Pachygrapsus planifrons De Man, 1888
• Pachygrapsus plicatus (H. Milne Edwards, 1837)
• Percnon abbreviatum (Dana, 1851)
• Percnon affine (H. Milne Edwards, 1853)
• Percnon guinotae Crosnier, 1965
• Percnon planissimum (Herbst, 1804)
• Plagusia speciosa Dana, 1851
• Plagusia tuberculata Lamarck, 1818
• Planes cyaneus Dana, 1851
• Pseudograpsus albus Stimpson, 1858
• Ptychognathus crassimanus Finnegan, 1931
• Ptychognathus easteranus Rathbun, 1907
• Ptychognathus intermedius (de Man, 1879)
• Sarmatium crassum Dana, 1851
• Sesarma angustifrons A. Milne Edwards, 1869
• Sesarma jacquinoti Ortmann, 1894
• Thalassograpsus harpax (Hilgendorf, 1892)
• Varuna litterata (Fabricius, 1798)

• FAMILY   PINNOTHERIDAE
• Pinnotherelia laevigata A. Milne Edwards & Lucas, 1843

• FAMILY   OCYPODIDAE
• Macrophthalmus consobrinus Nobili, 1906
• Macrophthalmus convexus Stimpson, 1858
• Macrophthalmus serenei Takeda & Komai, 1991
• Ocypode ceratophthalma (Pallas, 1772)
• Ocypode cordimana Desmaret, 1825
• Ocypode pallidula Jacquinot 1852
• Uca chlorophthalmus crassipes (Adams & White, 1848)
• Uca tetragonon (Herbst, 1790)

• FAMILY PALICIDAE
• Crossotonotus spinipes (de Man, 1888) (see additions)
• Pseudopalicus oahuensis (Rathbun, 1906) (see additions)
• Pseudopalicus pictus Castro, 2000  (see additions)

• FAMILY   CRYPTOCHIRIDAE
• Cryptochirus coralliodytes Heller, 1861
• Hapalocarcinus marsupialis Simpson, 1859
• Lithoscapus paradoxus A. Milne Edwards
• Sphenomaia pyriforma (Edmonson, 1933)
• Utinomiella dimorpha (Henderson, 1906)

• FAMILY   HYMENOSOMATIDAE
• Elamena mathaei (Desmaret,1825)

• FAMILY   INCERTAE SEDIS
• Parapleurophrycoides roseus Nobili, 1906
• Platyozius perpusillus Nobili, 1906