Genus Cyclograpsus H. Milne Edwards, 1837
- Cyclograpsus Milne Edwards, H. 1837. Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés, comprenant l'anatomie, la physiologie et la classification de ces animaux. Paris : Libraire Encyclopedique de Roret Vol. 2 532 pp., Atlas 32 pp., 42 pls. [77] [gender masculine].
Type species:
Cyclograpsus punctatus H. Milne Edwards, 1837 by subsequent designation, see Rathbun, M.J. 1918. The grapsoid crabs of America. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 97: i-xxii 1-461, text-figs 1-172 pls 1-161 [325]. - Gnathochasmus MacLeay, W.S. 1838. On the Brachyurous Decapod Crustacea brought from the Cape by Dr Smith. pp. 53–71 pl. 3 in, Illustrations of the Annulosa of South Africa; being a portion of the objects of natural history collected during an expedition into the interior of South Africa, under the direction of Dr Andrew Smith, in the years 1834, 1835, and 1836; fitted out by "The Cape of Good Hope Association for Exploring Central Africa". London. 75 pp. 4 pls [65] [junior subjective synonym of Cyclograpsus H. Milne Edwards, 1837; gender masculine].
Type species:
Gnathochasmus barbatus Macleay, 1838 by monotypy (= Cyclograpsus punctatus H. Milne Edwards, 1837).
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Manning, R.B. & Holthuis, L.B. 1981. West African Brachyuran Crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 306: i-xii, 1-379 figs 1-88, 2 appendices [239]
Excluded Taxa
- Misidentifications
GRAPSIDAE: Cyclograpsus tasmanicus Jacquinot, 1846 — 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 [141] (noted that cannot be identified with any known species of Cyclograpsus or with any other Tasmanian crab (type locality is Hobart), and its status must remain uncertain)
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
East and west coasts of Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans from Japan in the north to Tasmania and New Zealand in the south.
IMCRA
Lord Howe Province (14), Timor Province (2), Norfolk Island Province (21), Christmas Island Province (23), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Transition (3), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), 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
Christmas Island terrestrial & freshwater
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 [139] (key to Indo-west Pacific species)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10-May-2022 | DECAPODA Latreille, 1802 | 10-May-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 04-Aug-2021 | BRACHYURA Latreille, 1802 | 04-May-2022 | MODIFIED | Dr Genefor Walker-Smith (NMV) |
| 05-Aug-2020 | DECAPODA Latreille, 1802 | 10-May-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 05-Dec-2019 | DECAPODA Latreille, 1802 | 10-May-2022 | MODIFIED | Dr Shane Ahyong |
| 22-Dec-2016 | DECAPODA Latreille, 1803 | 10-May-2022 | MODIFIED | Dr Shane Ahyong |
| 04-Jun-2012 | 04-Jun-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 26-Mar-2012 | 26-Mar-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 10-May-2012 | 10-May-2022 | MODIFIED | ||
| 10-May-2022 | MODIFIED |