Hapalocarcinus marsupialis Stimpson, 1859

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Hapalocarcinus marsupialis Stimpson, 1859

Hapalocarcinus marsupialis Stimpson, 1859: 412 [type locality: Hawai‘i; type material: status and location unknown].

Additional Hawaiian Is. records:

Hapalocarcinus marsupialis Stimpson, 1859 — Verrill 1867: 126 [“Sandwich Is.”]. — Rathbun 1906: 892 [Hawai‘i]; 1937: 259, fig. 46 [O‘ahu, Moloka‘i, Hawai‘i]. — Stimpson 1907: 170, pl. 14, fig. 8 [Hawai‘i]. — Edmondson 1925: 32 [H.I., Laysan, Johnston Atoll]; 1933: 16, fig. 6b, d [larva]; 1946: 39, 272, fig. 169 [H.I.]. — MacNamee 1961: 1, figs 1–78 [O‘ahu]. — Barry 1965: 23 [O‘ahu]. — Reed 1971: 43 [O‘ahu]. — Amerson & Shelton 1976: 76 [ Johnston Atoll]. — Gore et al. 1983: 141, figs. 2, 3 [larvae] [O‘ahu]. — Coles 1986: 310, 312 [H.I.]. — Coles et al. 1997: C–73 [O‘ahu]. — Coles, DeFelice & Eldredge 1999: 155 [O‘ahu]; 2002a: 265, 333 [O‘ahu]. — Coles, Eldredge, Kandel, Reath & Longenecker 2004: 62 [O‘ahu, Moloka‘i, Maui, Hawai‘i]. — Coles, Reath, Longenecker, Bolick & Eldredge 2004: 137 [Kaua‘i]. — Hoover 2006: 50, 289, color photograph [O‘ahu].

Remarks. Species represents a complex of several species (G. Paulay, personal communication).

Taxonomy. Fize & Serène (1957), Kropp (1990)

Geographical distribution. Across Indo-West Pacific and Tropical Eastern Pacific regions.

Habitat. Forms galls in branching scleractinian reef corals ( Pocillopora and other pocilloporids); shallow subtidal, 1–27 m.