Genus Benthochascon Alcock & Anderson, 1899
- Benthochascon Alcock, A.W. & Anderson, A.R.S. 1899. Natural history notes from H.M. royal Indian marine survey ship "Investigator", Commander T.H. Heming, R.N., commanding. Ser. III, No. 2. An account of the deep-sea Crustacea dredged during the surveying-season of 1897–1898. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 3: 1-27, 278-292 [10] [gender masculine].
Type species:
Benthochascon hemingi Alcock & Anderson, 1899 by original designation. - Carcinonectes Stephenson, W. 1972. Portunid crabs from the Indo-West Pacific and Western America in the Zoological Museum, Copenhagen (Decapoda, Brachyura, Portunidae). Steenstrupia 2(9): 127-156 [128].
Type species:
Carcinonectes pacificus Stephenson, 1972 by monotypy.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Davie, P.J.F. & Short, J.W. 1989. Deepwater Brachyura (Crustacea: Decapoda) from southern Queensland, Australia with descriptions of four new species. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 27(2): 157-187 [183]
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west Pacific Oceans (Andaman Sea to Japan and New Caledonia).
IMCRA
Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Cape Province (20), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
General References
Ng, P.K.L. 2000. The deep-water swimming crabs of the genus Benthochascon Alcock and Anderson, 1899 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Portunidae), with description of a new genus for the American B. schmitti Rathbun, 1931. Journal of Crustacean Biology 20(2): 310-324 (generic review and new records)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04-Jun-2012 | 04-Jun-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 27-Mar-2012 | 27-Mar-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |