Species Dardanus australis Forest & Morgan, 1991
- Dardanus australis Forest, J. & Morgan, G.J. 1991. A large new species of Dardanus (Crustacea, Decapoda, Diogenidae) from southwest Australia. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 13(1–2): 203-208 [204 fig. 1].
Type data:
Holotype WAM 339-65 ♂, Lancelin Island, WA.
Paratype(s) MNHP Pg.4650–4652; MNHP Pg.4654–4656; MNHP Pg.4644–4648; MNHP Pg.4664; WAM 85-72; WAM 86-72; WAM 362-65; WAM 539-65; WAM 310; WAM 387-65; WAM 338-65; WAM 324-65; WAM 487-88; WAM 1754-86; WAM 1919-86; WAM 344-65; WAM 538-65; WAM 487-86; WAM 1700-86; WAM 76-72; WAM 343-65; WAM 1752-86; WAM 193-90; WAM 618-65; QM W15753.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, sublittoral.
Extra Ecological Information
Uses shells that are large and voluminous, including Angaria delphinus, Monodonta labio and Turbo jourdan, depth 10 to 188 m.
History of changes
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