Species Petrolisthes haswelli Miers, 1884
- Petrolisthes haswelli Miers, E.J. 1884. Crustacea. Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the Voyage of H.M.S. `Alert' 1881–2. Part I. The collections from Melanesia. Part II. Collections from the western Indian Ocean. London : British Museum. pp. 178–322, 513–575 pls 18–32, 46–51. [269 pl. 29 fig. A].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH, Thursday Island, Torres Strait; Facing Island, Port Curtis, QLD.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Timor Province (2), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Transition (3), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, intertidal.
Extra Ecological Information
Found under stones.
General References
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] (commented that old records of this species from the Ryukyu Islands and Funafuti are probably misidentified)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24-Apr-2012 | 24-Apr-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |