Abbreviations
cl. - Carapace length.
coll. - Origin of collections.
FRV - Fishing Research Vessel.
det. - Origin of determination.
MNHN - Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris.
ZMH - Zoological Institute and Museum, University of Hamburg.
Most of the species recently added from Vereshchaka (2000) revision of the genus Sergia. More details for each species in 'Database' section; see also 'References' section (back to list)
Remark: a study of freshwater crustaceaand fishes of French Polynesia is currently under study at the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris (P. Keith and E. Vigneux). On November 17, 1999, P. Keith informed us that : "Un atlas sortira en 2000 ... Nous avons de nouvelles stations pour les espèces mais aussi plusieurs Macrobrachium nouveaux et une redécouverte à confimer chez les Atyidés". (back to list)
Scyllarides haanii (De Haan, 1841) - New record from a Tahitian fisherman, Marc Letizia (det. T.Y. Chan, only from a colour photograph). This species was caught during a fishing campaign (1990) in the south of the area (traps, 20-100 m, Marotiri and Rapa Islands, Thiers and Neislon bank). According to A. Stein, Service des Recherches Marine, Tahiti, who kindly transmitted a photograph of this Scyllarides, about 2 tonnes were trapped by the fishing boat ! (e-mail January 27, 2000) (see photograph).
Munida elegantissima de Man, 1902- Listed and illustrated in Poupin (1996: 22, pl. 10d, Eiao; 55m). The illustrated specimen has been lost, but it obviously belongs to Raymunida cagneti Macpherson & Machordom, 2000, recently described from the Marquesas Islands (53-112 m), and affiliated to Munida elegantissima de Man, 1902 (see Macpherson & Machordom, 2000 paper). (back to list).Raymunida cagneti Macpherson & Machordom, 2000 - Replaces Munida elegantissima, see above. (back to list).
Several new records from Macpherson, 2000 (see references)
Remark: presence of two species in French Polynesia, Liopetrolisthes mitra and Pachycheles monilifer, was very uncertain (see origins of records below). Dr. Bernd Werding, Institut fuer Allgemeine und Spezielle Zoologie, sent us the following comment (7 January 1999) : "I was astonished to find Liopetrolisthes mitra and Pachycheles monilifer in the list. Liopetrolisthes mitra is known as a species from the eastern Pacific with a range from Callao (Peru) to Estrecho de Magallanes (southern Chile). Pachycheles monilifer is widely distributed in the western Atlantic and known from only two localities of the pacific coast of South America." For the time being, it seems better to remove these two species from our list (back to list).
Lamoha, replacement name for Hypsophrys, by Ng (1998), see references (back to list)
Remark: modifications in 2001, from Galil (2001) paper. See database for details. See also in references, Galil (2001), with abstract and full pdf paper available.(back to list)
Several portunids collected in French Polynesia (see some photographs here) are currently studied by A. Crosnier, MNHN. He kindly informed us that several alterations will have to be made to the present list after publication of his study(e-mail September, 15, 2000).( back to list)
Remarks: New records of Stomatopoda comes from Roy Caldwell and students collections at Moorea Berkeley Research Center. All of the species were identified by either Ray Manning (deceased 18.01.2000) or Roy Caldwell. Representative specimens are deposited at the Smithsonian or at U. C. Berkeley (back to list).In additions to these new records, Caldwell also mentions from Moorea : Alima sp?, Collected as larvae, very common, adults seen in burrow on sand flats ; Echinosquilla guerini, rubble, 30m (only one juvenile taken) ; Gonodactylus childi, rubble, back reef, 0 - 3m (abundant) ; Gonodactylus platysoma, rubble, reef crest to back reef ( common) ; Gonodactylellus espinosus, live bench, rubble, reef crest to 3 m (common) ; Pseudosquilla ciliata, postlarvae in rubble, adults in burrows 0 - 30m, postlarvae at night light (common) ; Raoulserenea hieroglyphica, live plate corals, 30 - 40m (common) ; Raoulserenea ornata, rubble, reef crest, postlarvae at night light (rare) ; Lysiosquillina maculata, burrows in back reef, 1 - 3 m, larvae at night light (rare) ; Lysiosquillina sulcata, burrows in back reef and sand flats, larvae at night light (common) ; Pullosquilla litoralis, burrows in sandy back reef areas, 1-3m, larvae at night light (abundant) ; Pullosquilla thomassini, burrows in sandy back reef and lagoons, 1-30 m, larvae at night light (abundant) ; Parvasquilla multituberculata, worm tubes in solid coral heads, 1-40 m (rare).
Several other records will be added, including new species, after Shane Ahyong work on the stomatopod collection made during the Marquesas 1997, MUSORSTOM 9 campaign. Latest modifications by Ahyong (e-mail 31/01/2001)