Species Chaceon bicolor Manning & Holthuis, 1989
Pacific Golden Crab (Fao)
- Chaceon bicolor Manning, R.B. & Holthuis, L.B. 1989. Two new genera and nine new species of geryonid crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda, Geryonidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 102(1): 50-77 [55 figs 3, 4].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP ♂, New Caledonia.
Paratype(s) MNHP; USNM 205974–77; RMNH D37532 ♂, Emperor Seamount Chain, Kinmei Seamount.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
West Pacific (New Caledonia and Loyalty Islands).
IMCRA
Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Northwest Transition (3), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental slope.
Extra Ecological Information
Depth 275–1620 m.
General References
Davie, P. 2002. Crustacea: Malacostraca: Eucarida (Part 2): Decapoda—Anomura, Brachyura. In Wells, A. & Houston, W.W.K. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 19.3B. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia xiv 641 pp. [188] (the `Snow Crab' or `Ghost Crab' from western Australia appears to represent an undescribed species)
Davie, P.J.F. & Short, J.W. 1989. Deepwater Brachyura (Crustacea: Decapoda) from southern Queensland, Australia with descriptions of four new species. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 27(2): 157-187 [184] (Australian distribution)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 04-Jun-2012 | 04-Jun-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 10-May-2012 | 10-May-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |