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Crustacea Decapoda of Glorieuses Islands, with notes on the distribution of the coconut crab (Birgus latro) in the western Indian Ocean

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 December 2013

Joseph Poupin ,
Mayalen Zubia ,
Nicole Gravier-Bonnet ,
Pascale Chabanet  and
Aurélie Duhec
Joseph Poupin*
Affiliation:
IRENAV, Institut de Recherche de l'École navale, Groupe des Écoles du Poulmic, CC 600, 29240 Brest, France
Mayalen Zubia
Affiliation:
Université Polynésie française, UMR-EIO, BP 6570, 98704 Faa'a, Tahiti, French Polynesia
Nicole Gravier-Bonnet
Affiliation:
ECOMAR, Faculté des Sciences et Technologies, Université de La Réunion, 15 Avenue René Casin, BP 7151, 97715 Saint Denis, La Réunion, France
Pascale Chabanet
Affiliation:
IRD, BP 50 172, 97492 Sainte Clotilde, La Réunion
Aurélie Duhec
Affiliation:
Conservation Officer for Alphonse Group, Island Conservation Society, PO 775, Pointe Larue, Mahé, Seychelles
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: J. Poupin, IRENAV, Institut de Recherche de l'École navale, Groupe des Écoles du Poulmic, CC 600, 29240 Brest, France email: joseph.poupin@ecole-navale.fr
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Abstract

An inventory has been made of the decapod fauna of the Glorieuses Islands, western Indian Ocean (WIO), following the BIORECIE 2 Expedition to the Islands, 5–17 December 2012. Field data are complemented by a review of taxonomic studies for these islands. Overall 157 species are now reported from the Glorieuses Islands, including 61 new records. The presence of the coconut crab, Birgus latro, is confirmed from these islands, for the first time since 1884, and the WIO distribution of this endangered species is updated, based on observations made in the region since 2006.

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CrustaceaDecapodaGlorieuses Islandswestern Indian OceaninventorydistributionCoenobitidaeBirgusendangered species
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 6 , 2013 , e125
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2013 

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