Species Clibanarius corallinus (H. Milne Edwards, 1848)
- Pagurus corallinus Milne Edwards, H. 1848. Sur quelques nouvelles espèces du genre Pagure. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris 10: 59-64 [63].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP, New Guinea. - Pagurus globosomanus Dana, J.D. 1851. Paguridea: Conspectus Crustaceorum quae in Orbis Terrarum circumnavigatione, Carolo Wilkes e classe Reipublicae Foederatae Duce, lexit et descripsit J.D. Dana. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 5: 267-272 [271] [as Pagurus globoso-manus].
Type data:
Status unknown, Viti [Fiji].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Haig, J. & Ball, E.E. 1988. Hermit crabs from north Australian and eastern Indonesian waters (Crustacea Decapoda: Anomura: Paguroidea) collected during the 1975 Alpha Helix Expedition. Records of the Australian Museum 40(3): 151-196 [163]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Tasman Sea; Indo-west Pacific Oceans (Andaman and Nicobar Islands to Ryukyu Islands and French Polynesia).
IMCRA
Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, low intertidal, shallow subtidal.
Extra Ecological Information
In protected areas, coral cays, rocky coasts, common on beach rock, especially congregated under rocks at low tide with Clibanarius virescens, often in Morula, Peristernia, Cerithium, and Littoraria shells.
General References
Tudge, C.C. 1995. Hermit Crabs of the Great Barrier Reef and Coastal Queensland. Brisbane : University of Queensland and Backhuys Publishers 40 pp. [15] (colour plate)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 24-Apr-2012 | 24-Apr-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |