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Parribaccus caledonicus ?ID

Koura Papipapi

Caledonian Mitten-lobster

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Caledonian Mitten-lobster, a Spanish-Lobster, a Slipper-Lobster, "Belmaine Bug"

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Papipapi / Kōura Papipapi (AK)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE GBR - Samoa - Cooks.

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; Marine, near-shore, reef-flat, outer reef-slope to 6m, sides of surge channels

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Food

KEY FEATURES: To 18cm TL. A depressed paddle-shaped lobster, with small wartlike bumps, and small spines along the sides. Brown with irregular red markings. The flat anterior structures are modified 2nd antennae, the main section (=fourth segment) has 7 outer-margin teeth (excluding apical tooth), each with a central red band.

SIMILAR SPECIES: Parribaccus holthuisi has 5 outer-margin teeth (vs 7) here); Parribaccus antarcticus has 6 outer-margin teeth as does Parribaccus scarlatinus (an "Equatorial species" of Central Pacific).

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Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present Makatea:
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
					^P

Northern Group:
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW

Key to Symbols

blank	no data
-	absent	L	localised
X	extinct 'naturally'	W	widespread
XQi	quarantine intercepted	R	recent
XQe	eradicated	?	query preceding category
P	present	T?	taxonomic query
S	seasonal	nn	present, said to have no name
O	occasional	?1	present, name not investigated
++++	very common	?2	presence not verified, no name recorded
+++	common	N/A	absent, name not expected
++	uncommon
+	rare
Cook Islands islands: RR =Rarotonga, MG = Mangaia, AT =‘Ātiu, MK=Ma‘uke, MT=Miti‘āro, AK=Aitutaki, PL=Palmerston, PN=Penrhyn, MN=Manuae, TK=Takūtea, TN=Tongareva (TS=Tongaleva Spoken, TW=Tongareva Written, they say "el" but write "r"), MH=Manihiki, RK=Rakahanga, PK=Pukapuka, NS=Nassau, SW=Suwarrow. After a Polynesian name: ^=orthography query. Countries and other: FIJ=Fiji, WT=Wallis & Futuna, SAM=Samoa, TON=Tonga, NIU=Niue, CK=Cook Islands, CKM=Cook Islands Māori, FP=French Polynesia, AUS=Australs, SOC=Societies, TAH=Tahiti, TUA=Tuamotus, MQS=Marquesas, MNG=Mangareva, PIT=Pitcain group, EAS=Easter Island, HAW=Hawai‘i, NZ=New Zealand, NZM=New Zealand Māori

Scientific Taxonomy

Parribaccus caledonicus ?ID Holthuis, 1960
TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; CRUSTACEA; MALACOSTRACA; EUMALACOSTRACA; Eucarida; Decapoda; Reptantia; Palinura; SCYLLARIDAE, Ibacinae

More Information

GENERAL NOTE: Nocturnally active.

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Aitutaki: specimen+photo, NBSAP, 11/2000, ID GM.

References:
None recorded.

Data Update History (information):
zB02, zD02

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org.
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