Species Pilumnus semilanatus Miers, 1884
Ragged Crab
- Pilumnus semilanatus 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. [222 pl. 22 figs Bb].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 2♂, Prince of Wales Channel, Torres Strait.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
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
Reef, shallow subtidal.
Extra Ecological Information
Under rocks and rubble on sheltered reefs, in mussel clumps on muddy-sand flats.
General References
Davie, P. 1998. Wild Guide to Moreton Bay. Wildlife and habitats of a beautiful Australian coast – Noosa to the Tweed. Brisbane : Queensland Museum xxiv 408 pp. [99] (colour photograph)
Takeda, M. & Miyake, S. 1968. Pilumnid crabs of the family Xanthidae from the West Pacific. I. Twenty-three species of the genus Pilumnus, with description of four new species. Ohmu. Occasional Papers of Zoological Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan 1(1): 1-60 figs 1-13 pls 1-4 [7] (redescription)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 04-Jun-2012 | 04-Jun-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 10-May-2012 | 10-May-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |