• Cateios Tan, C.G.S. & Ng, P.K.L. 1995. A revision of the Indo-Pacific genus Oreophorus Rüppell, 1830 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Leucosiidae). pp. 101-189 in Richer de Forges, B. (ed.). Les fonds meubles des lagons de Nouvelle-Calédonie, Études et Théses. Paris : ORSTOM Vol. 2 pp. 1-205. [135] [gender masculine].

  Type species:

   Oreophorus frontalis Miers, 1884 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific Oceans.

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

History of changes

• Oreophorus frontalis Miers, E.J. 1884. Crustacea. Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the Voyage of H.M.S. `Alert' 1881–2. Part I. The collections from Melanesia. Part II. Collections from the western Indian Ocean. London : British Museum. pp. 178–322, 513–575 pls 18–32, 46–51. [254 pl. 26 fig. B].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Port Molle, QLD.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

West Pacific Ocean (Indonesia, Japan, Philippines).

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, sand bottom, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Rubble.

History of changes