Species Dromidiopsis edwardsi Rathbun, 1919
- Dromidiopsis edwardsi Rathbun, M.J. 1919. A new name for a Dromiid crab. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 32: 197 [197] [nom. nov. for D. caput-mortuum H. Milne Edwards, 1837].
Type data:
Lectotype MNHP B2 ♀ (Selected as Lectotype by Guinot & Tavares (2003: 63). Specimen dry, with left P4 and both P5 missing, and detached abdomen), locality unknown.
Paralectotype(s) MNHP B1 ♂ (Specimen dry and much damaged). - Dromia caputmortuum Milne Edwards, H. 1837. Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés, comprenant l'anatomie, la physiologie et la classification de ces animaux. Paris : Libraire Encyclopedique de Roret Vol. 2 532 pp., Atlas 32 pp., 42 pls. [178] [as Dromia caput-mortuum; junior homonym of Dromia caputmortuum (Linnaeus, 1766), = Dromia personata (Linnaeus, 1758)].
Type data:
Status unknown, MNHP, Indian Ocean.
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 [136] (key)
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west Pacific Oceans.
IMCRA
Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, sublittoral.
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) |
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| 04-Jun-2012 | 04-Jun-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 10-May-2012 | 10-May-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |