Species Diogenes rectimanus Miers, 1884
- Diogenes rectimanus Miers, E.J. 1884. Crustacea. Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the Voyage of H.M.S. `Alert' 1881–2. Part I. The collections from Melanesia. Part II. Collections from the western Indian Ocean. London : British Museum. pp. 178–322, 513–575 pls 18–32, 46–51. [262 pl. 27 fig. C].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1882.7 ♂, Prince of Wales Channel, Torres Strait, QLD.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west Pacific Oceans (Persian Gulf to India and Malaysia).
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, soft bottom, sublittoral.
Extra Ecological Information
Collected in shells of Turritella terebra (Linnaeus), depth 14–16 m.
General References
Davie, P. 2002. Crustacea: Malacostraca: Eucarida (Part 2): Decapoda—Anomura, Brachyura. In Wells, A. & Houston, W.W.K. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 19.3B. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia xiv 641 pp. [53] (according to McLaughlin, pers. comm., Morgan's record needs to be confirmed)
McLaughlin, P.A. & Clark, P.F. 1997. A review of the Diogenes (Crustacea, Paguridea) hermit crabs collected by Bedford and Lanchester form Singapore, and from the 'Skeat' Expedition to the Malay Peninsula, with a description of a new species and notes on Diogenes intermedius De Man, 1892. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, London (Zoology) 63(1): 33-49 [37] (redescription)
Morgan, G.J. 1987. Hermit crabs (Decapoda, Anomura: Coenobitidae, Diogenidae, Paguridae) of Darwin and Port Essington, northern Australia. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 4(1): 165-186 [175]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 24-Apr-2012 | 24-Apr-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |