Species Coralliocaris graminea (Dana, 1852)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Oedipus graminea Dana, J.D. 1852. Conspectus Crustaceorum quae in Orbis Terrarum circumnavigatione, Carolo Wilkes e classe Reipublicae Foederatae Duce, lexit et descripsit. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 6: 10-28 [25].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ANSP, Viti Levu, Fiji.
• Coralliocaris inaequalis Ortmann, A.E. 1890. Die Unterordnung Natantia Boas: Die Decapoden-Krebse des Strassburger Museums mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der von Herrn Dr. Döderlein bei Japan und bei den Liu-Kiu-Inseln gesammelten und z.Z. im Strassburger Museum aufbewahrten Formen, I. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere 5: 437-542 pls 36, 37 [510].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• De Grave, S. & Fransen, C.H.J.M. 2011. Carideorum Catalogus: The recent species of the Dendrobrachiate, Stenopodidean, Procarididean and Caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda). Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 85(9): 195-589, figs 1-59 [345]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west central Pacific Oceans. Morgan (2001) reports the species for Christmas Island.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Lord Howe Province (14), Christmas Island Province (23), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, littoral, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Associated with species of scleractinian corals of the genus Acropora.

 

General References

Bruce, A.J. 1991. Shallow-water Palaemonoid shrimps from New Caledonia (Crustacea: Decapoda). Le benthos des fonds meubles des lagons de Nouvelle–Calédonie. Études et Théses, ORSTOM, Paris. 221-279 figs 1-31 pp. [264]

Bruce, A.J. & Coombes, K.E. 1995. The palaemonoid shrimp fauna (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea) of the Cobourg Peninsula, Northern Territory. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 12: 101-144 [107]

 

History of changes

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