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New Zealand

Included Within
Polynesia, Australasia
Note
Kirk (1880) and Filhol (1885) describe new species of fiddler crabs from New Zeland, but there is no subsequent evidence of fiddler crabs there. More than likely, these specimens (which have been subsequently lost) were collected elsewhere or were stray individuals that washed up on New Zeland during storms without representing an established population.
Approximate Coordinates
42.000000°S, 174.000000°E
A purple fiddler crab (local) or a blue fiddler crab surrounded by a dashed circle (regional) indicates the coordinates used to represent this location; yellow fiddler crabs indicate all sublocations contained within this location; a skull and crossbones indicates fossil-only locations or sub-locations; and red circles with an x indicate false or mistaken locations.

Includes Subareas

Currently Recognized Species

None

Names Which Have Been Used for This Area

Specific Names Which Have Been Used for This Area

References

Bennett (1964)†, Chilton & Bennett (1929)†, Crane (1975)†, Filhol (1885), Filhol (1885), Ives (1891)†, Kirk (1880), Miers (1886)†, Ng et al. (2008)†, Shih et al. (2016)†

Entries marked with † represent indirect references to location through citation.