Species Ceratocarcinus longimanus White, 1847
Gouty Crab
- Ceratocarcinus longimanus White, A. 1847. Descriptions of new Crustacea from the Eastern Seas. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 15: 56-58 [57].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1939.9.20.7 ♂, N coast of Borneo [Balambangan]. - Ceratocarcinus speciosus Dana, J.D. 1851. Conspectus Crustaceorum quae in Orbis Terrarum circumnavigatione, Carolo Wilkes e classe Reipublicae Faederatae Duce, lexit et descripsit. American Journal of Science and Arts 11(32): 268-274 [274].
Type data:
Neotype NRS 14396 ♂, Namuka, Viti Levu, Fiji.Subsequent designation references:
Castro, P., Chia, D.G.B. & Ng, P.K.L. 1995. On the taxonomic status of Ceratocarcinus longimanus White, 1847 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Eumedonidae), a crab symbiotic with comatulid crinoids. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 43(1): 239-250 (Dana's type was destroyed in the 1871 Chicago fire). - Ceratocarcinus dilatatus Milne Edwards, A. 1872. Recherches sur la faune carcinologique de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Pt. I. Groupe des Oxyrhynches. Nouvelles Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris 8: 229-267 pls 10-14 [256 pl. 14 fig. 2, 2a].
Type data:
Lectotype MNHP B644 ♂, New Caledonia.
Paralectotype(s) MNHP B644 ♂. - Ceratocarcinus intermedius Zehntner, L. 1894. Crustacés de l'Archipel malais. Voyage de MM.M. Bedot and C. Pictet dans l'Archipel malais. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 2: 135-214 pls 7-9 [141 pl. 7 figs 1, 1a, 1b].
Type data:
Holotype GMNH ♀, Amboina [Ambon], Moluccas [Maluku Islands, Indonesia].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Castro, P., Chia, D.G.B. & Ng, P.K.L. 1995. On the taxonomic status of Ceratocarcinus longimanus White, 1847 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Eumedonidae), a crab symbiotic with comatulid crinoids. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 43(1): 239-250 [240]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west Pacific Oceans.
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, coral reef, sublittoral, symbiotic.
Extra Ecological Information
Associated with comatulid crinoids.
General References
Chia, D.G.B. & Ng, P.K.L. 1998. A revision of Ceratocarcinus White, 1847, and Harrovia Adams & White, 1849 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Eumedonidae), two genera of crabs symbiotic with crinoids. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 46(2): 493-563 [497]
History of changes
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| 04-Jun-2012 | 04-Jun-2012 | MOVED | ||
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| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |