Les pagures du genre Calcinus en Polynésie française avec la description de trois nouvelles espèces (Decapoda, Anomura, Diogenidae)

Fifteen species of Calcinus are now known from French Polynesia. To the eight previously known, Calcinus elegans (H. Milne Edwards, 1836); C. gaimardii (H. Milne Edwards, 1848) sensu lato; C. laevimanus (Randall, 1840); C. latens (Randall, 1840); C. minutus Buitendijk, 1937; C. nitidus Heller, 1865; C. seurati Forest, 1951 and C. spicatus Forest, 1951, four are new records, C. guamensis Wooster, 1984; C. haigae Wooster, 1984; C. imperialis Whitelegge, 1901 and C. vachoni Forest, 1958, and three are described as new, C. gouti, C. isabellae and C. orchidae n.spp. Polynesian Calcinus gaimardii are in fact a special form, Calcinus n.sp. sensu Rahayu, 1992, that should be described in the future. Occurrence of Calcinus minutus needs to be confirmed because it is only known from the literature. A key to the species is given, paying particular attention to colour patterns. Each species is illustrated by a colour photograph.