Genus Acanthonyx Latreille, 1825

Museums

Regional Maps

• Acanthonyx Latreille, P.A. 1825. Familles Naturelles du Règne Animal, exposées succinctement et dans un ordre analytique, avec l'indication de leurs genres. Paris : J.-B. Baillière 570 pp. [698] [gender masculine].

  Type species:

   Maia lunulata Risso, 1816 by monotypy.
• Gonosoma Costa, O. 1844. Catalogo di Crostacei raccolti nel golfo di Tarento nella primavera del 1830. Memories di Accademia delle Scienze Napoli 5: 67-74, 3 pls [69] [gender neuter].

  Type species:

   Gonosoma viridis Costa, 1844 by monotypy (= Maia lunulata Risso, 1816).
• Peltinia Dana, J.D. 1851. Conspectus Crustaceorum quae in Orbis Terrarum circumnavigatione, Carolo Wilkes e classe Reipublicae Faederatae Duce, lexit et descripsit. American Journal of Science and Arts 11(32): 268-274 [272] [gender feminine].

  Type species:

   Peltinia scutiformis Dana, 1851 by subsequent designation, see Manning, R.B. & Holthuis, L.B. 1981. West African Brachyuran Crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 306: i-xii, 1-379 figs 1-88, 2 appendices (= Acanthonyx petiverii H. Milne Edwards).
• Dehaanius MacLeay, W.S. 1838. On the Brachyurous Decapod Crustacea brought from the Cape by Dr Smith. pp. 53–71 pl. 3 in, Illustrations of the Annulosa of South Africa; being a portion of the objects of natural history collected during an expedition into the interior of South Africa, under the direction of Dr Andrew Smith, in the years 1834, 1835, and 1836; fitted out by "The Cape of Good Hope Association for Exploring Central Africa". London. 75 pp. 4 pls [gender masculine].

  Type species:

   Dehaanius acanthopus MacLeay, 1838 by monotypy.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Manning, R.B. & Holthuis, L.B. 1981. West African Brachyuran Crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 306: i-xii, 1-379 figs 1-88, 2 appendices [255]
• Ng, P.K.L. & Ahyong, S.T. 2001. Brachyuran type specimens (Crustacea: Decapoda) in the Macleay Collection, University of Sydney, Australia. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 49(1): 83-100 [87]

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

East and West Atlantic, Mediterranean Sea, Indian Ocean, west and east Pacific Ocean.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)

Distribution References

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
04-Jun-2012		04-Jun-2012	MOVED
15-Feb-2012		15-Feb-2012	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)