Species Diogenes senex Heller, 1865

Museums

Regional Maps

• Diogenes senex Heller, C. 1865. Crustaceen. In, Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte `Novara' um die Erdre, in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859, unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zool. Theil. 2(3): 1–280, pls 1–25. [85 pl. 8 fig. 3].

  Type data:

   Holotype NHMW 19395 ♂, Sydney, NSW
  Comment: invalid designation of a neotype by McLaughlin, P.A. & Haig, J. 1995. A redescription of Diogenes senex Heller, 1865, sensu stricto (Decapoda: Anomura: Paguridea: Diogenidae). Pakistan Journal of Marine Sciences 4(2): 115–126 [117].

  Type locality references:

  McLaughlin, P.A. & Haig, J. 1995. A redescription of Diogenes senex Heller, 1865, sensu stricto (Decapoda: Anomura: Paguridea: Diogenidae). Pakistan Journal of Marine Sciences 4(2): 115-126.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Estuary, intertidal flats, low intertidal, muddy sand, shallow subtidal.

 

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)