Genus Periclimenes Costa, 1844
- Periclimenes Costa, O.G. 1844. Su due nuovi generi di Crostacei decapodi Macrouri Nota. Annali dell'Accademia degli Aspiranti Naturalisti, Napoli 2: 285-290 [290] [name placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology, see International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1957. Opinion 470. Additions to the Official List of Family-Group Names in Zoology of the names of one hundred and two genera of Caridea (Class Crustacea, Order Decapoda) and use of the Plenary Powers for various purposes in connection therewith. Opinions and Declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 16: 129–202; gender masculine].
Type species:
Periclimenes insignis Costa, 1844 by monotypy (= Alpheus amethystea Risso, 1826).Secondary source:
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1957. Opinion 470. Additions to the Official List of Family-Group Names in Zoology of the names of one hundred and two genera of Caridea (Class Crustacea, Order Decapoda) and use of the Plenary Powers for various purposes in connection therewith. Opinions and Declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 16: 129-202. - Pelias Roux, P. 1831. Mémoire sur la classification des Crustacés de la tribu des Salicoques. Marseilles. 4 tables, 39 pp. [25] [junior homonym of Pelias Merrem, 1820 (Reptilia); gender masculine].
Type species:
Alpheus amethystea Risso, 1826 by subsequent designation, see Holthuis, L.B. 1955. The recent genera of the caridean and stenopodidean shrimps (Class Crustacea, Order Decapoda, Supersection Natantia) with keys for their determination. Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 26: 1-157 [57]. - Urocaris Stimpson, W. 1860. Crustacea Macrura. Pars VIII of Prodromus descriptionis animalium evertebratorum, quae in Expeditione ad Oceanum Pacificum Septentrionalem, a Republica Federata missa, Cadwaladaro Ringgold et Johanne Rodgers Ducibus, observavit et descripsit. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 12: 22-47 [39] [gender feminine].
Type species:
Urocaris longicaudata Stimpson, 1860 by original designation. - Dennisia Norman, A.M. 1861. Contributions to British Carcinology. I. Characters of undescribed Podophthalmia and Entomostraca. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8(3): 273-279 pls 13-14 [278] [gender feminine].
Type species:
Dennisia sagittifera Norman, 1861 by monotypy. - Anchistia 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 [17] [gender feminine].
Type species:
Anchistia gracilis Dana, 1852 by subsequent designation, see Kingsley, J.S. 1880. On a collection of Crustacea from Virginia, North Carolina and Florida, with a revision of the genera of Crangonidae and Palaemonidae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 1879: 382-427 pl. 14 [424]. - Cristiger Borradaile, L.A. 1915. Notes on Carides. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 15: 205-213 [207].
Type species:
Periclimenes (Cristiger) commensalis Borradaile, 1915 by subsequent designation, see Holthuis, L.B. 1955. The recent genera of the caridean and stenopodidean shrimps (Class Crustacea, Order Decapoda, Supersection Natantia) with keys for their determination. Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 26: 1-157 [61].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
All tropical and most subtropical seas.
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Lord Howe Province (14), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Norfolk Island Province (21), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)
Other Regions
Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands
General References
Chace, F.A., Jr & Bruce, A.J. 1993. The Caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda) of the Albatross Philippine Expedition, 1907–1910, Part 6: Superfamily Palaemonoidea. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 543: 1-152 [95] (key to species)
History of changes
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| 10-May-2012 | 10-May-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |