Species Actumnus squamosus (De Haan, 1835)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cancer squamosus De Haan, W. 1835. Crustacea. 1-243 pls A-J, L-Q, 1-55, circ. tab. 2 in Von Siebold, P.F. (ed.). Fauna Japonica sive Descriptio Animalium, quae in Itinere per Japoniam, Jussu et Auspiciis Superiorum, qui Summum in India Batava Imperium Tenent, Suscepto, Annis 1823–1830 Collegit, Notis, Observationibus et Adumbrationibus Illustravit. Leiden : Lugundi-Batavorum. [published from 1833–1850] [50].

  Type data:

   Holotype RMNH D44480 dry mouthparts only (specimen missing, see Fransen, C.H.J.M., Holthuis, L.B. & Adema, J.P.H.M. 1997. Type-catalogue of the Decapod Crustacea in the collections of the National Natuurhistorisch Museum, with appendices of pre-1900 collectors and material. Zoologische Verhandelingen 311: i–xvi, 1–344 [113]), Japan.
• Pilumnus lapillimanus Stimpson, W. 1858. Crustacea Cancroidea et Coryoidea: Prodromus descriptionis animalium evertebratorum, quae in Expeditione ad Oceanum Pacificum Septentrionalem, a Republica Federata missa, Cadwaladaro Ringgold et Johanne Rodgers Ducibus, observavit et descripsit W. Stimpson. Pars IV. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 10: 31-40 [36].

  Type data:

   Holotype ♂ (presumed lost), China Sea.
• Pilumnus dehaani Miers, E.J. 1879. On a collection of Crustacea made by Capt H.C. St. John, R.N., in the Corean and Japanese Seas. Part I. Podophthalmia. With and Appendix by Capt H.C. St. John. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 18-61 pls 1-3 [32].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀, Gulf of Yedo.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Sakai, T. 1976. Crabs of Japan and the Adjacent Seas. Tokyo : Kodansha 3 vols xxix 773 pp. [English vol.]; 1–16, 251 pls [Plates vol.]; 461 pp. [Japanese vol.]. [495]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific Oceans (India to Japan and Philippines).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

Bottoms of muddy sand, broken shell, depth to 35 m.

 

General References

Campbell, B.M. & Stephenson, W. 1970. The sublittoral Brachyura (Crustacea: Decapoda) of Moreton Bay. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 15(4): 235-302 figs 1-49 pl. 22 1 table [284] (Australian records)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
04-Jun-2012		04-Jun-2012	MOVED
10-May-2012		10-May-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)