Genus Discias Rathbun, 1902

Museums

Regional Maps

• Discias Rathbun, M.J. 1902. Brachyura and Macrura. In, Papers from the Hopkins Stanford Galapagos Expedition, 1898–1899. VIII. Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences 4: 275-292 figs 1-4 pl. 12 [290] [gender masculine].

  Type species:

   Discias serrifer Rathbun, 1902 by monotypy.
• Anisocaris Ortmann, A.E. 1893. Decapoden und Schizopoden der Plankton-Expedition. Ergebnisse der Hamburger Magalhaensischen Sammelreise 2(Gb): 1-120 pls 1-10 [72, 74] [name suppressed for purposes of the Principle of Priority, but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy, under the plenary power of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclatue and placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Names in Zoology, see International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1956. Opinion 433. Use of the Plenary Powers to secure that the generic name Discias Rathbun, 1902 (Class Crustacea, Order Decapoda) shall be the oldest available nbame for the genus concerned. Opinions and Declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 14: 393–402; gender feminine].

  Type species:

   Anisocaris dromedarius Ortmann, 1893 by monotypy.

  Secondary source:

   International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1956. Opinion 433. Use of the Plenary Powers to secure that the generic name Discias Rathbun, 1902 (Class Crustacea, Order Decapoda) shall be the oldest available nbame for the genus concerned. Opinions and Declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 14: 393-402.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Holthuis, L.B. 1993. The Recent Genera of the Caridean and Stenopodidean Shrimps (Crustacea, Decapoda). Alblasserdam : Ridderprint Offsetdrukkerij B.V. 328 pp. [73]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

North Atlantic, Indo-west Pacific Oceans.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Timor Province (2), Northwest Transition (3), Southwest Shelf Province (31), 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)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

Distribution References

General References

Davie, P. 2002. Crustacea: Malacostraca: Phyllocarida, Hoplocarida, Eucarida (Part 1). In Wells, A. & Houston, W.W.K. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 19.3A. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia xii 551 pp. [234] (probable that all species are sponge commensals)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
22-Jul-2013		22-Jul-2013	MODIFIED
22-Dec-2011		22-Dec-2011	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)