Species Bigelowina phalangium (Fabricius, 1798)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Squilla phalangium Fabricius, J.C. 1798. Supplementum Entomologiae Systematicae. Hafniae : Proft et Storch ii 573 pp. [416].

  Type data:

   Neotype RMNH S1163 ♂, Bombay, India.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Holthuis, L.B. 2000. Nomenclatural notes on eighteenth century Stomatopoda (Hoplocarida). Journal of Crustacean Biology 20(Spec. No. 2): 12-19 [16 fig. 1].
• Coronis acanthocarpus White, A. 1847. List of the Specimens of Crustacea in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum viii 143 pp. [Date published Apr/1847] [85] [nom. nud.].
• Coronis acanthocarpus Claus, C. 1871. Die Metamorphose der Squilliden. Abhandlungen Gesellschaft Wissenschaften Göttingen 16(1): 111-163 pls 1-8 [129].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 957 ♀, NT, Port Essington [11°10'S 132°08'E].
• Acanthosquilla sarasinorum Müller, F. 1886. Zur Crustaceenfauna von Trincomali. Bericht über die Verhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Basel 8(1): 470-479 pl. 4 [471, 478 pl. 4: fig. 3].

  Type data:

   Holotype NHMB (probable depository institution), Trincomali, Ceylon [Sri Lanka] [8°34'N 81°14'E].
• Acanthosquilla humesi Manning, R.B. 1968. Stomatopod Crustacea from Madagascar. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 124(3641): 1-61 figs 1-16 [33-36 fig. 11].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 124095 ♀, Ambatozavary, Nosy Bé, Madagascar.
  Paratype(s) USNM 124096 ♂ ♀.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Ahyong, S.T. 2001. Revision of the Australian Stomatopod Crustacea. Records of the Australian Museum Suppl. 26: 1-326 [159-161]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Burrower, intertidal flats, mud flats, sand flats.

Extra Ecological Information

Constructs U-shaped burrows in intertidal sand or sandy-mud flats to less than 10 m depth.

General References

Ahyong, S.T. 2001. Revision of the Australian Stomatopod Crustacea. Records of the Australian Museum Suppl. 26: 1-326 [159-161 fig. 79]

History of changes