Species Ibacus alticrenatus Spence Bate, 1888
Deep Water Bug (Aust), Velvet Fan Lobster (Fao), White-tailed Bug
- Ibacus alticrenatus Spence Bate, C. 1888. Report on the Crustacea Macrura collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 24: 1-942, i-xc figs 1-76 pls 1-150 [63 pl. 9 fig. 2].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 88.22 4 specimens, Challenger Stn 167, W of New Zealand. - Ibacus alticrenatus septemdentatus Grant, F.L.S. 1905. Crustacea dredged off Port Jackson in deep water. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 30(2): 312-324 [322 pl. 11 fig. 2].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM G5424 2 specimens, 43 km E of Port Jackson, NSW.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Holthuis, L.B. 1991. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 13. Marine lobsters of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species of interest to fisheries known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125, 13: i-viii, 1-292 [197, 200]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
New Zealand.
IMCRA
Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7)
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, burrower, continental shelf, continental slope, sand bottom, sublittoral.
Trade
commercially important as bycatch product of prawn and scallop fishery
Extra Ecological Information
Digs into substrate and covers itself with mud and sand, ovigerous females from May to October, depth 20 to 686 m.
General References
Brown, D.E. & Holthuis, L.B. 1998. The Australian species of the genus Ibacus (Crustacea: Decapoda: Scyllaridae), with the description of a new species and addition of new records. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 72(10): 113-141 figs 1-3 pls 1-9 [120]
Holthuis, L.B. 1985. A revision of the family Scyllaridae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Macrura). I. Subfamily Ibacinae. Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 218: 1-130 figs 1-27 (description and development)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05-Dec-2019 | DECAPODA Latreille, 1802 | 01-Aug-2018 | MODIFIED | Dr Shane Ahyong |
| 29-Mar-2012 | 29-Mar-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 10-May-2012 | 24-Feb-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 03-Jun-2010 | MODIFIED |