Species Catoptrus nitidus A. Milne Edwards, 1870
- Catoptrus nitidus Milne Edwards, A. 1870. Note sur le Catoptrus, nouveau genre appartenant a la division des Crustacés Brachyures catometopes. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris Zool.) (5 13: 80-86 [82].
Type data:
Status unknown, MNHP, Samoa. - Goniocaphyra truncatifrons de Man, J.G. 1888. Bericht über die von Herrn Dr. J. Brock im indischen Archipel gesammelten Decapoden und Stomatopoden. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 53(1): 215-600 pls 7-22, 22a [for publication date Clark, P.F., Harrison, K. & Goodman, S.L. 1990. Brock's Indian Archipelago Decapoda and Stomatopoda by De Man: 1887 or 1888?. Arch. Nat. Hist. 17(1): 79–80] [339 pl. 14 fig. 1].
Type data:
Holotype ZMG ♂, Noordwachter Is., Mergui Archipelago.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Stephenson, W. 1972. An annotated check list and key to the Indo-west Pacific swimming crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Portunidae). Bulletin of the Royal Society of New Zealand 10: 1-64 [29]
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west Pacific Oceans (Madagascar to Japan and Hawai'i).
IMCRA
Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Coral reef, low intertidal, sublittoral.
Extra Ecological Information
In dead coral and under rocks, to 145 m depth.
General References
McNeill, F.A. 1968. Crustacea, Decapoda & Stomatopoda. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 7(1): 1-98 pls 1-2 [57] (as Libystes truncatifrons)
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04-Jun-2012 | 04-Jun-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 10-May-2012 | 10-May-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |