Species Charybdis (Goniohellenus) truncata (Fabricius, 1798)
- Portunus truncatus Fabricius, J.C. 1798. Supplementum Entomologiae Systematicae. Hafniae : Proft et Storch ii 573 pp. [365].
Type data:
Status unknown, locality unknown. - Goniosoma ornatum Milne Edwards, A. 1861. Etudes zoologiques sur les Crustacés récents de la famille des Portuniens. Archives du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 10: 309-428 pls 28-38 [376].
Type data:
Syntype(s) RMNH D474 ♂ ♀, Japan; RMNH D1587 61 specimens (almost certainly syntypes of G. ornatum), Japan; RMNH D42150 5♂ 3♀ dry specimen, Japan; RMNH D42151 ♂ dry specimen, Japan; RMNH D42152 ♀ dry specimen, Japan; RMNH D42153 6♂ 3♀ dry specimen, Japan; RMNH D42154 ♀ dry specimen, Japan; RMNH D42155 mouthparts dry, Japan; RMNH D44221 1 dry specimen (from box with Thalamita admete), Japan; MNHP, Japan Sea. - Portunus truncatus Weber, 1795 [nomen nudum].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Leene, J.E. 1938. The Decapoda Brachyura of the Siboga-Expedition. VII. Brachygnatha: Portunidae. Siboga-Expéditie Report 39(c3): 1-156 figs 1-87 [118]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west Pacific Oceans (Madagascar to Japan and Philippines).
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), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)
Ecological Descriptors
Sublittoral.
Extra Ecological Information
Sand to sandy-mud or mud substrates, 10–100 m depth.
General References
Wee, D.P.C. & Ng P.K.L. 1995. Swimming crabs of the Genera Charybdis de Haan, 1833, and Thalamita Latreille, 1829 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Portunidae) from Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 1: 1-128 [50]
History of changes
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| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |