Genus Vir Holthuis, 1952

Museums

Regional Maps

• Vir Holthuis, L.B. 1952. The Palaemonidae collected by the Siboga and Snellius expeditions with remarks on other species II. Subfamily Pontoniinae. Siboga-Expéditie Report 39a 10: 1-254 [4, 8, 29] [gender masculine].

  Type species:

   Palaemonella orientalis Dana, 1852 by original designation.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west-central Pacific Oceans (E Africa, Andaman Islands, South China Sea, Ryukyu Islands, Philippines, Marianna and Fiji Islands and Hawaii).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Distribution References

General References

Bruce, A.J. 1995. A Synopsis of the Indo-West Pacific Genera of the Pontoniinae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonidae). Königstein : Koeltz Scientific Books 172 pp. [147]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
22-Jul-2013		22-Jul-2013	MODIFIED
10-May-2012		10-May-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)