Species Dardanus hessii (Miers, 1884)
- Pagurus hessii Miers, E.J. 1884. Crustacea. Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the Voyage of H.M.S. `Alert' 1881–2. Part I. The collections from Melanesia. Part II. Collections from the western Indian Ocean. London : British Museum. pp. 178–322, 513–575 pls 18–32, 46–51. [185, 264 pl. 28 fig. A].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH, Arafura Sea, N of Australia. - Pagurus similimanus Henderson, J.R. 1888. Report on the Anomura collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 27: 1-221 21 pls [59 pl. 6 fig. 6].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH, Celebes [Sulawesi], Indonesia.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Forest, J. & McLaughlin, P.A. 2000. Superfamily Coenobitoidea, families Pylochelidae and Diogenidae. pp. 31-103 in Forest, J., de Saint Laurent, M., McLaughlin, P.A. & Lemaitre, R. The marine fauna of New Zealand: Paguridea (Decapoda: Anomura) exclusive of the Lithodidae. NIWA Biodiversity Memoir 114: 1-250 [85]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west Pacific Oceans (Maldives, Bay of Bengal, Celebes Sea, Indonesia).
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental shelf, sublittoral.
Extra Ecological Information
Trawled or dredged over soft bottom, depth 25–80 m.
General References
Haig, J. & Ball, E.E. 1988. Hermit crabs from north Australian and eastern Indonesian waters (Crustacea Decapoda: Anomura: Paguroidea) collected during the 1975 Alpha Helix Expedition. Records of the Australian Museum 40(3): 151-196 [165]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 24-Apr-2012 | 24-Apr-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |