Species Petrolisthes teres Melin, 1939
- Petrolisthes teres Melin, G. 1939. Paguriden und Galatheiden von Prof. Dr. Sixten Bocks Expedition nach den Bonin-Inseln 1914. Svenska Vetenskaps Academien nya Handlingar 18(2): 1-119 [104] [nom. nov. for Petrolisthes inermis Haswell, 188].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ♂ ♀, Kopepe Bay, Port Lloyd, Omura, Bonin Ils [Ogasawara Ils]. - Petrolisthes inermis Haswell, W.A. 1882. Description of some new species of Australian Decapoda. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 6(4): 750-763 [757] [junior homonym of Porcellana inermis Heller, 1862 (= Petrolisthes hastatus Stimpson, 1858)].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM P3891 2 specimens, Port Denison, QLD.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Haig, J. 1965. The Porcellanidae (Crustacea, Anomura) of Western Australia, with descriptions of four new Australian species. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 48(4): 97-118 [100]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
East Indo-west Pacific Oceans.
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, estuary, low intertidal, mangrove, shallow subtidal.
Extra Ecological Information
Sheltered shore, under rocks and wood, on mud or muddy sand substrates.
General References
Haig, J. 1964. Papers from Dr. TH. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914–1916 81. Porcellanid crabs from the Indo-west Pacific, Part 1. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 126: 355-386 [365] (clarification of nomenclatural history)
Haig, J. 1965. The Porcellanidae (Crustacea, Anomura) of Western Australia, with descriptions of four new Australian species. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 48(4): 97-118 [100]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 24-Apr-2012 | 24-Apr-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |