Species Amarinus laevis (Targioni Tozzetti, 1877)
- Hymenosoma laeve Targioni Tozzetti, A. 1877. Crostacei Brachiuri e Anomuri. In, Zoologia del viaggion intorno al gobo della R. Pirocorvetta Magenta durante gli anni 1865–68. Pubblicazioni del R. Istituto di Studi Superiori Pratici e di Perfezionamento in Firenze 1: i-xxix 1-257 pls 1-12 [179 pl. 11 figs 3a-e] [fig. 3d is labelled incorrectly as 5d].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MZUF (types lost during World War I), Melbourne, VIC. - Hymenosoma australe Haswell, W.A. 1882. Description of some new species of Australian Decapoda. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 6(4): 750-763 [754].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM P15398 ♂ ♀, Williamstown, Port Phillip, VIC.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Lucas, J.S. 1980. Spider Crabs of the family Hymenosomatidae (Crustacea: Brachyura) with particular reference to Australian species: Systematics and biology. Records of the Australian Museum 33(4): 148-247 figs 1-10 [199]
Generic Combinations
- Amarinus laevis (Targioni Tozzetti, 1877).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)
Ecological Descriptors
Estuary, low intertidal, mangrove, shallow subtidal.
Extra Ecological Information
Penetrating into low salinity of upper estuary.
General References
Lucas, J.S. & Hodgkin, E.P. 1970. Growth and reproduction of Halicarcinus australis (Haswell) (Crustacea, Brachyura) in the Swan Estuary, Western Australia. I. Crab instars. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 21(2): 149-162
Lucas, J.S. & Hodgkin, E.P. 1970. Growth and reproduction of Halicarcinus australis (Haswell) (Crustacea, Brachyura) in the Swan Estuary, Western Australia. II. Larval stages. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 21(2): 163-173
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 05-Jun-2012 | 05-Jun-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 07-Jun-2011 | 07-Jun-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |