Species Achaeus lacertosus Stimpson, 1858
- Achaeus lacertosus Stimpson, W. 1858. Prodromus descriptionis animalium evertebratorum, quae in Expenditione ad Oceanum Pacificum Sententrionalem, a Republica Federata missa, Cadwaladaro Ringgold et Johanne Rodgers Ducibus, observavit et descripsit. Pars III. Crustacea Maioidea. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 9: 216-221 [218].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ♂ (presumed lost in Chicago fire of 1871), Port Jackson, NSW. - Achaeus breviceps Haswell, W.A. 1880. On the Australian Brachyura Oxyrhyncha. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 4: 431-458 pls 25-27 [433].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM G5091 1♂ 1♀, Port Jackson, NSW. - Achaeus spinifrons Sakai, T. 1938. Brachygnatha, Oxyrhyncha. Studies on the Crabs of Japan 3. Tokyo : Yokendo pp. 193-364, text-figs 1-55 pls 1-22. [212 fig. 6].
Type data:
Holotype ♀, Nagasaki, Japan.
Paratype(s) 1♀ 1♂.
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 [44]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west Pacific Oceans (South Africa to Japan).
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), 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
Muddy to sandy substrates with shells or coral rubble.
History of changes
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