Species Tuerkayana celeste (Ng & Davie, 2012)
- Discoplax celeste Ng, P.K.L. & Davie, P.J.F. 2012. The blue crab of Christmas Island, Discoplax celeste new species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Gecarcinidae). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 60(1): 89-100.
Type data:
Holotype QM W29123 ♂, Waterfall Bay, near Chrismas Island Resor, Christmas Island.
Generic Combinations
- Tuerkayana celeste (Ng & Davie, 2012). —
Guinot, D., Ng, N.K. & Rodríguez Moreno, P.A. 2018. Review of grapsoid families for the establishment of a new family for Leptograpsodes Montgomery, 1931, and a new genus of Gecarcinidae H. Milne Edwards, 1837 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Grapsoidea MacLeay, 1838). Zoosystema 40(26): 547-604 [564] (new combination)
Distribution
Extra Distribution Information
Christmas Island, Indian Ocean
IMCRA
Christmas Island Province (23)
Ecological Descriptors
Usually found next to streams or swampy habitat; its burrows are found adjecent to stream habitat either in the soft soil next to streams or between the roots of waters. and are typically filled with water.
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30-Nov-2020 | DECAPODA Latreille, 1802 | 30-Nov-2020 | MOVED | |
| 04-Jun-2012 | 04-Jun-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 01-Mar-2012 | ADDED |