Species Pseudohelice subquadrata (Dana, 1851)
- Chasmagnathus subquadrata Dana, J.D. 1851. Crustacea Grapsoidea, (Cyclometopa, Edwardsii): Conspectus Crustacearum quae in Orbis Terrarum circumnavigatione, Carolo Wilkes e classe Reipublicae Foederatae Duce, lexit et descriptsit J.D. Dana. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 5: 247-254 [251].
Type data:
Neotype QM W2269 ♂, Sailors Bay, Sydney, NSW. - Helice leachi Hess, W. 1865. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Decapoden-Krebse Ost-Australiens. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 31: 127-173 pls 6-7 [153].
Type data:
Status unknown
Comment: presumed lost as not present in the collections of the Zoological Museum Göttingen (now at SMF).
Introduction
Previously recorded from Australia under the name Helice leachi.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west Pacific Oceans (from the Red Sea, throughout the Indian Ocean to Australia and north to South China (Taiwan, Hainan) and southern southern Japan (Ryukyu and Amami-Islands, Kyushu Island)).
IMCRA
Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Burrower, intertidal, mangrove, mud substrate.
Extra Ecological Information
From inlets and bays, rarely penetrating for any great distance up estuaries, high up the beach, near or above high water mark, on firm substrates from dirty sand to firm mud or hard packed earth, burrow may have long horizontal offshoots.
General References
Campbell, B.M. & Griffin, D.J.G. 1966. The Australian Sesarminae (Crustacea: Brachyura): Genera Helice, Helograpsus nov., Cyclograpsus, and Paragrapsus. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 14(5): 127-174, text-figs 1-10 pls 20-23 [130] (description and notes on ecology)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04-Jun-2012 | 04-Jun-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 28-Mar-2012 | 28-Mar-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 26-Mar-2012 | 26-Mar-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |