Species Ibacus chacei Brown & Holthuis, 1998
Smooth Bug
- Ibacus chacei 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 [115 figs 2A, 3A,B, pl. 1].
Type data:
Holotype AM P32741 ♂, SE of Cape Hawke, NSW [32°18'S 152°43'E].
Paratype(s) AM P32742 ♂, SE of Cape Hawke, NSW; AM P31407 3♂ 3♀, SE of Cape Hawke, NSW; AM P31548 2♂ 1♀, E of Cape Byron, NSW; AM P15589 ♀, Ballina, off Richmond RIver mouth, NSW; AM P15590 ♀, Ballina, off Richmond RIver mouth, NSW; AM E2026 1♂ 1♀, 11 miles SE of Ballina, NSW; QM W3054 1♂, 11 miles SE of Ballina, NSW; TMH G1110 2♂, 11 miles SE of Ballina, NSW; RMNH D37610 1♂ 1♀ 1 juvenile, 11 miles SE of Ballina, NSW; NTM Cr.012310 2♀, between North and South Solitary Islands, Coffs Harbour, NSW; USNM 243402 2♀, between North and South Solitary Islands, Coffs Harbour, NSW; QM W14341 ♂, Queensland [17°52'S 146°55'E]; RMNH D36219 ♀, E of Townsville, Queensland; QM W15358 ♀, Queensland [23°33'S 152°23'E]; RMNH D25523 ♂, off coast of south Queensland; RMNH D25520 1 juvenile, NE of Noosa Heads, QLD; RMNH D25522 1♂ 1♀ 2 juveniles, SE of Noosa Heads, QLD; RMNH D25521 ♂, NE of Moreton Bay, QLD; AM P31406 1♂ 4 ♀, SE of Southport, QLD; AM P31553 1♂ 1♀, SE of Southport, QLD.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
From SE of Innisfail, QLD south to NE of Batemans Bay, NSW.
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental shelf, continental slope, subtidal.
Trade
trawled commercially
Extra Ecological Information
From 22–330 m depth.
General References
Stewart, J., Kennelly, S.J. & Hoegh-Guldberg, O. 1997. Size at sexual maturity and the reproductive biology of two species of scyllarid lobster from New South Wales and Victoria, Australia. Crustaceana 70(3): 344-367 [344] (reproductive biology)
Common Name 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 [119] (Smooth Bug)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 29-Mar-2012 | 29-Mar-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 03-Jun-2010 | MODIFIED |