Species Anchistus miersi (de Man, 1888)
- Harpilius miersi de Man, J.G. 1888. Report on the Podophthalmous Crustacea of the Mergui Archipelago, collected for the Trustees of the Indian Museum, Calcutta, by Dr John Anderson, F.R.S., Superintendent of the Museum. Part V. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 22(140): 241-305 pls 16-19 [274 pl. 17 figs 6-10].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ZSI 82386 ♂ ♀, Mergui Archipelago;
Status unknown.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west central Pacific Oceans (eastern Africa to French Polynesia).
IMCRA
Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Commensal, coral reef, littoral.
Extra Ecological Information
Lives in the giant clam Tridacna gigas.
General References
Chace, F.A., Jr & Bruce, A.J. 1993. The Caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda) of the Albatross Philippine Expedition, 1907–1910, Part 6: Superfamily Palaemonoidea. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 543: 1-152 [72]
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]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 22-Jul-2013 | 22-Jul-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 10-May-2012 | 10-May-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |