Species Achaeus brevirostris (Haswell, 1879)

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• Stenorhynchus brevirostris Haswell, W.A. 1879. On two new species of crabs, of the genus Stenorhynchus. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 3: 408-409 [408].

  Type data:

   Lectotype AM P163 ♂, Port Jackson, NSW.
  Paralectotype(s) AM (MM).

  Subsequent designation references:

  Griffin, D.J.G. & Yaldwyn, J.C. 1965. A record of the majid brachyuran genus Achaeus from New Zealand with notes on the Australian species. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Zoology 6(4): 33-51, text-figs 1-8 [46].
• ?Achaeus affinis 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. [188].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1964.5.11.5 ♂, Thursday Is., Torres Strait, QLD.
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH numerous specimens, Port Jackson, NSW; Moreton Bay, Port Denison, and Torres Strait, QLD; Shark Bay, WA.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Griffin, D.J.G. & Yaldwyn, J.C. 1965. A record of the majid brachyuran genus Achaeus from New Zealand with notes on the Australian species. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Zoology 6(4): 33-51, text-figs 1-8 [46].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Griffin, D.J.G. & Yaldwyn, J.C. 1965. A record of the majid brachyuran genus Achaeus from New Zealand with notes on the Australian species. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Zoology 6(4): 33-51, text-figs 1-8 [46]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific Oceans (Zanzibar, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, Sulu Archipelago).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

Substrates of sand, gravel, shells and rubble.

 

General References

Griffin, D.J.G. & Tranter, H. 1986. The Decapoda Brachyura of the Siboga Expedition. Part VIII. Majidae. Siboga Expéditie Monographie 39(c4): 1-335, 112 text-figs 22 pls [8] (range extensions)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Jun-2012		05-Jun-2012	MOVED
16-Feb-2012		16-Feb-2012	MOVED
16-Feb-2012		16-Feb-2012	MOVED
16-Feb-2012		16-Feb-2012	MOVED
10-May-2012		18-Apr-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)