Species Dardanus scutellatus (H. Milne Edwards, 1848)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Pagurus scutellatus Milne Edwards, H. 1848. Sur quelques nouvelles espèces du genre Pagure. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris 10: 59-64 [61].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP, Zanzibar.
• Pagurus fabimanus 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 [270].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, (presumed lost), Caldera, Mindanao, Philippines.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Fize, A. & Serène, R. 1955. Les Pagures du Vietnam. Vietnam : Institut Océanographique de Nhatrang 228 pp., 6 pls. [189]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Western Pacific (from Japan to southern GBR).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, intertidal, reef flat, sand bottom, shallow subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

Commonly occupies shells of Red-Mouthed Stromb, Strombus luhuanus.

 

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. [26] (colour photograph)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
24-Apr-2012		24-Apr-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)