Species Dromidiopsis australiensis (Haswell, 1882)
- Dromia australiensis Haswell, W.A. 1882. Description of some new species of Australian Decapoda. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 6(4): 750-763 [755].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM P3050 (possible syntype AM P3052), Port Denison, QLD, and Port Jackson, NSW. - Dromidiopsis abrolhensis Montgomery, S.K. 1931. Report on the Crustacea Brachyura of the Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Abrolhos Islands under the leadership of Professor W.J. Dakin, in 1913; along with other crabs from Western Australia. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 37: 405-465 1 text-fig. pls 24-30 [414].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1931.7.24.10 ♀, Coral Flats, East Wallaby Is., Abrolhos Ils.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- McLay, C.L. 1993. Crustacea Decapoda: The Sponge Crabs (Dromiidae) of New Caledonia and the Philippines with a review of the genera. pp. 111-251 in Crosnier, A. Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, Volume 10. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] 156: 1-491 [137]
Generic Combinations
- Dromidiopsis australiensis (Haswell, 1882).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Unconfirmed record from Japan.
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, low intertidal, subtidal.
General References
Lewinsohn, C. 1984. Dromiidae (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura) from Madagascar and the Seychelles. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 6(A)1: 89-129 [99-101] (critical review of previous records and discussion of differences with the closely related D. tridentata)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 04-Jun-2012 | 04-Jun-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 10-May-2012 | 10-May-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |