Species Achaeus pugnax (de Man, 1928)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Achaeopsis pugnax de Man, J.G. 1928. Papers from Dr Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914–16. XLII. On four species of Crabs of the Families Inachidae and Xanthidae, two of which are new to Science. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 85: 7-25 figs 1-4 [7 figs 1a-i].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) UZM 3♀, Sagami Bay, Japan;
  Status unknown.
• Achaeus stenorhynchus Rathbun, M.J. 1932. Preliminary descriptions of new species of Japanese crabs. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 45: 29-38 [29].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 48255 ♂, Ose Saki Light, Japan.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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 [13]

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Central Indo-West Pacific Oceans (Japan, Indonesia).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, continental slope, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth 80–540 m.

 

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
		12-Feb-2010	(import)