Genus Aethra Latreille, 1816
- Aethra Latreille, P.A. 1816. Crustacés, Arachnides et Insectes. In, Cuvier, G.L. Le Règne Animal, distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base a l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction a l'anatomie comparée. Les mollusques et les annelids. Paris : Déterville Vol. 3 i-xxix, 653 pp. [24] [gender feminine].
Type species:
Cancer scruposus Linnaeus, 1764 by monotypy. - Oethra Latreille, P.A. 1816. Corrections et additions [to Tome III]. pp. 174-179 in Cuvier, G.L. Le Règne Animal, distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base a l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction a l'anatomie comparée. Les crustacés, arachnides et partie des insects. Paris : Déterville Vol. 4 255 pp. XV pls. [174] [variation of spelling; name corrected to Aethra by Rathbun (1897: 167) acting as First Reviser (Rathbun, M.J. 1897. A revision of the nomenclature of the Brachyura. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 11: 153–167)].
Secondary source:
Rathbun, M.J. 1897. A revision of the nomenclature of the Brachyura. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 11: 153-167.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Ng, P.K.L. 1999. A synopsis of the genus Aethra Latreille, 1816 (Decapoda, Brachyura, Parthenopidae). Crustaceana 72(1): 109-121 [110]
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west Pacific and east Pacific Oceans.
IMCRA
Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 04-Jun-2012 | 04-Jun-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 10-May-2012 | 10-May-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |