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Species Austrotheres holothuriensis (Baker, 1907)

Striped Sea Crab

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

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), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Commensal (host(s): Herdmania grandis (Heller, 1878) [PYURIDAE] (Host records of H. momus Savigny, 1816 may be referable to this species (Ahyong 2018))), sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Found inside holothurians and ascidians, able to swim and possibly not confined to host, to 22 m depth.

Associated Fauna References

Ahyong, S.T. 2018. Revision of Ostracotheres H. Milne Edwards, 1853 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Pinnotheridae). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 66: 538–371 [552] (Herdmania grandis)

 

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)
10-May-2022 DECAPODA Latreille, 1802 10-May-2022 MODIFIED
03-Mar-2022 PINNOTHERIDAE De Haan, 1833 04-May-2022 MODIFIED
04-Aug-2021 BRACHYURA Latreille, 1802 10-May-2022 MODIFIED Dr Genefor Walker-Smith (NMV)
05-Aug-2020 DECAPODA Latreille, 1802 10-May-2022 MODIFIED
05-Dec-2019 DECAPODA Latreille, 1802 10-May-2022 MODIFIED Dr Shane Ahyong
22-Dec-2016 DECAPODA Latreille, 1803 10-May-2022 MODIFIED Dr Shane Ahyong
04-Jun-2012 04-Jun-2012 MOVED
29-Jun-2011 29-Jun-2011 MOVED
10-May-2012 10-May-2022 MODIFIED
10-May-2022 MODIFIED