Species Benthochascon hemingi Alcock & Anderson, 1899
- Benthochascon hemingi 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].
Type data:
Holotype IM Cru.1022, Andaman Sea. - Carcinonectes pacificus 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 [129 fig. 3].
Type data:
Holotype ♀, S of New Caledonia.
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)
Ecological Descriptors
Continental slope.
Extra Ecological Information
From 310–750 m depth.
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) |