Species Cancellus typus H. Milne Edwards, 1836

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cancellus typus Milne Edwards, H. 1836. Observations zoologiques sur les Pagures et description d'un nouveau genre de la tribu des Paguriens. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris 6: 257-288 pl. 13-14 [287 pl. 14 fig. 3].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP (presumed lost), locality unknown.

  Type locality references:

  Mayo, B.S. 1973. A review of the genus Cancellus (Crustacea: Diogenidae) with the description of a new species from the Caribbean Sea. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 150: 1-63.
• Gryllopagurus lithodomus Zietz, A. 1888. Descriptions of new species of South Australian Crustaceans. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 10: 298-299 figs 1-4 [298 pl. 14 figs 1-4].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA C965, Gulf St Vincent, SA.
  Paratype(s) SAMA C966.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Mayo, B.S. 1973. A review of the genus Cancellus (Crustacea: Diogenidae) with the description of a new species from the Caribbean Sea. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 150: 1-63 [44]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, burrower, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

Tunnels in fragments of soft stone, depths to 88 m, but common in shallow subtidal zone.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
24-Apr-2012		24-Apr-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)