Species Anchistus custos (Forsskål, 1775)
Pinna Prawn
Type data:
Status unknown, Al Luhayyah, Yemen.- Pontonia inflata Milne Edwards, H. 1840. Histoire naturelle des Crustacés, comprenant l'anatomie, la physiologie et la classification de ces animaux. Paris : [ns] Vol. 3 638 pp. [633].
Type data:
Status unknown, MNHP, Sri Lanka and Vanikoro (as 'Vanicoso'), Santa Cruz Islands. - Anchistia aurantiaca Dana, J.D. 1852. Conspectus Crustaceorum quae in Orbis Terrarum circumnavigatione, Carolo Wilkes e classe Reipublicae Foederatae Duce, lexit et descripsit. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 6: 10-28 [25].
Type data:
Status unknown, (presumed lost), Fiji Islands. - Harpilius inermis 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. [291 pl. 32 fig. B].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH ♂ 1♀, Port Molle, NE QLD. - Pontonia pinnae Ortmann, A.E. 1894. Crustaceen. In, Semon, R. Zoologische Forshungreisen in Australien und dem Malayischen Archipel. Denkschriften der Medizinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena 8(1): 1-80 pls 1-3 [16 pl. 1 fig. 3].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown 1♂ 1♀, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. - Marygrande mirabilis Pesta, O. 1911. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Pontoniiden. Marygrande mirabilis nov. gen. spec. Zoologischer Anzeiger 38: 571-575 5 figs [573] [(partim)].
- Pontonia spinax Dawydoff, C. 1952. Contribution à l'étude des invertébrés de la faune marine bentique de l'Indochine. Bulletin Biologique de la France et de la Belgique 1-158 (Coelenterata: 52-78) [136] [nomen nudum].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Holthuis, L.B. 1952. The Palaemonidae collected by the Siboga and Snellius expeditions with remarks on other species II. Subfamily Pontoniinae. Siboga-Expéditie Report 39a 10: 1-254 [13, 105]
- De Grave, S. & Fransen, C.H.J.M. 2011. Carideorum Catalogus: The recent species of the Dendrobrachiate, Stenopodidean, Procarididean and Caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda). Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 85(9): 195-589, figs 1-59 [340]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Circum-Australian, and Indo-west central Pacific Oceans (East Africa to Philippines, Caroline and Fiji Islands).
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), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)
Ecological Descriptors
Intertidal flats, low intertidal, shallow subtidal.
Extra Ecological Information
Associated with bivalves of the genus Pinna, true commensal, shrimp holds onto host while the surface of the gill is scraped with the chelae of the first pereiopods, which convey food to mouthparts.
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22-Jul-2013 | 22-Jul-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 10-May-2012 | 10-May-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |