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Eriphia sebana

Pāpaka-mata-kute (AK)

Red-eyed Crab

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Red-eyed Crab

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Pāpaka-mata-kute (AK)

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

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; Marine, near-shore

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: ; Poisonous to eat - serious

KEY FEATURES: Carapace 50x65mm. Carapace is brown with tubercles on front section. Larger cheliped for crushing, smaller cheliped has sharp cutting edge.

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Cook Islands Distribution

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

Northern Group:
TN 
MH
RK
PK
NS
SW
P
P

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Scientific Taxonomy

Eriphia sebana Shaw & Nodder, 1803
SYNONYMS: Eriphia laevimana

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; CRUSTACEA; MALACOSTRACA; EUMALACOSTRACA; Eucarida; Decapoda; Reptantia; Brachyura; Brachygnatha; Brachyrhyncha; ERIPHIIDAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Cooks: (C/028, 1980s); Aitutaki: Gibbs75; field-specimen, NBSAP School, 12/2000, ID GM. Manihiki: Bullivant74; Nassau: BPBM-Cat.4384;

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

Data Update History (information):
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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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