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Carpilius maculatus

Mānia (MK)

Spotted Pebble-Crab

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Spotted Pebble-Crab

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Ūpaki (MG), Mania (AT), Mānia (MK MT), Tūtūao / Upaki Tūtūao (AK), Matu Tuau (RK)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE e.Africa - Japan - Cooks - Tuamotu - Hawai‘i

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; Marine, near-shore

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Food;; Poisonous to eat?

KEY FEATURES: Carapace 90x145mm (LxW). Large. Pinky-brown carapace with 11 large dark red spots. Carapace convex with smooth anterolateral border, with one blunt tooth at posterior end. Chelipeds unequal, massive and smooth surfaced. [mainly after Edmondson 1962]

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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
P
P
P

Northern Group: Present
TN 
MH
RK
PK
NS
SW
P

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Scientific Taxonomy

Carpilius maculatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; CRUSTACEA; MALACOSTRACA; EUMALACOSTRACA; Eucarida; Decapoda; Reptantia; Brachyura; Brachygnatha; Brachyrhyncha; CARPILIIDAE

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SIGNIFICANCE NOTES -
POSITIVE SIGNIFICANCE: Food;. Comments: Caught casually as food (RR RK)
NEGATIVE SIGNIFICANCE: Poisonous to eat?

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Cooks: fieldspecimen+photo (C/040, 1980s), JU+GM.

References:
Special Reference: Forest & Guinot 1961 [Fr.]; Edmondson 1962

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02, 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. Copy citation to system clipboard
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