Species Chiromantes garfunkel Davie & Ng, 2013
Compiler and date details
August 2013 - ABRS
- Chiromantes garfunkel Davie, P.J.F. & Ng, P.K.L. 2013. A review of Chiromantes obtusifrons (Dana, 1851) (Decapoda: Brachyura: Sesarmidae), with descriptions of four new sibling-species from Christmas Island (Indian Ocean), Guam and Taiwan. Zootaxa 3609(1): 1-25 [7; figs 2, 4E, 5F, 6F, 7F, 8D, 9F, 10B, 12].
Type data:
Holotype QM W29172 ♂, Greta Beach, Christmas Island.
Paratype(s) ZRC 2012.0776 ♀, station CI-33, Greta Beach, Christmas Island [10°30.127'S, 105°40.475'E]
Comment: numerous paratypes listed all from Christmas Island.
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Chiromantes obtusifrons Dana, 1851 [Chiromantes obtusifrons is now considered endemic to the Hawaiian Islands]. —
Holthuis, L.B. 1977. The Grapsidae, Gecarcinidae and Palicidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) of the Red Sea. Israel Journal of Zoology 26: 141-192 [170] (decision for new combination)
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. [221] - Sesarma obtusifrons Dana, 1851. —
Gibson-Hill, C.A. 1947. Field notes on the terrestrial crabs. Bulletin of the Raffles Museum 18: 43-52 [44]
Tweedie, M.W.F. 1947. On the Brachyura of Christmas Island. Bulletin of the Raffles Museum 18: 27-42, text-fig. 1 [33]
George, R.W. 1978. The Land and Freshwater Crabs of Christmas Island. Unpublished report commissioned by the Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service. 22 pp. [13 (unnumbered pages)]
Hicks, J., Rumpff, H. & Yorkston, H. 1984. Christmas Crabs. Christmas Island : Christmas Island Natural History Association. [22, 65 including colour picture] - Sesarma (Holometopus) obtusifrons Dana, 1851. —
Balss, H. 1934. Die Krabben der Reise J.W. Harms' nach der Christmas-Insel und dem Malaiischen Archipel. Zoologischer Anzeiger 106(10): 225-237 figs 1-12 [229] (first recorded from Christmas Island by Balss under this name)
Distribution
IMCRA
Christmas Island Province (23)
Ecological Descriptors
Burrower, intertidal.
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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