Species Dasella brucei Berggren, 1990
- Dasella brucei Berggren, M. 1990. Dasella herdmaniae (Lebour) (Decapoda: Natantia: Pontoniiae) from Mocambique and establishment of a new species, D. brucei. Journal of Crustacean Biology 10(3): 554-559 [554].
Type data:
Holotype AM 2940 ♂ (lost (P. Berents, pers comm.)), Heron Island, QLD.
Paratype(s) QM W25502 ♀, off Murdock Point, N QLD.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Commensal, coral reef, littoral, sublittoral.
Extra Ecological Information
Associated with the Ascidian Herdmania momus and Herdmania grandis.
General References
Bruce, A.J. 1981. Notes on some Indo-Pacific Pontoniinae, XXXVII additional information on Dasella herdmaniae (Lebour) (Decapoda, Natantia). Crustaceana 40(1): 50-56 figs 1-2 (description and figures of holotype, specimen originally misidentified as D. herdmaniae)
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 22-Jul-2013 | 22-Jul-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 10-May-2012 | 10-May-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |