Species Neocallichirus vigilax (de Man, 1916)

Museums

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• Callianassa (Callichirus) vigilax de Man, J.G. 1916. Description of a new species of the genus Callianassa Leach and of a species of the genus Alpheus Fabr., both from the Indian archipelago. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 2: 57–61.

  Type data:

   Holotype Ambon, Malaku Is., Indonesia.
• Neocallichirus denticulatus Ngoc-Ho, N. 1994. Some Callianassidae and Upogebiidae from Australia with descriptions of four new species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Thalassinidea). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 54: 51-78 [56 fig. 4].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV J22658 ♀ (24 m; muddy sand), NW of Townsville, QLD [18°56'S, 146°50'E].
  Paratype(s) MNHP Th1246, NW of Townsville, QLD [18°56'S, 146°50'E].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Dworschak, P.C. 2011. Redescription of Callianassa vigilax de Man, 1916, a subjective senior synonym of Neocallichirus denticulatus Ngoc-Ho, 1994 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Callianassidae). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien (112): 137–151

Generic Combinations

• Neocallichirus vigilax (De Man, 1916). —
  Poore, G.C.B 2023. New records and one new species of Callichiridae (Crustacea, Axiidea) from the Indo-West Pacific, with keys to species of Corallianassa, Lepidophthalmus and Neocallichirus. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 82: 71-95 [91]

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

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

General References

Poore, G.C.B 2023. New records and one new species of Callichiridae (Crustacea, Axiidea) from the Indo-West Pacific, with keys to species of Corallianassa, Lepidophthalmus and Neocallichirus. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 82: 71-95 [91]

Poore, G.C.B., Dworschak, P.C., Robles, R. Mantelatto, F.L. & Felder, D.L 2019. A new classification of Callianassidae and related families (Crustacea: Decapoda: Axiidea) derived from a molecular phylogeny with morphological support. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 78: 73-146 [141]

History of changes