Species Eumedonus vicinus Rathbun, 1918

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Regional Maps

• Eumedonus vicinus Rathbun, M.J. 1918. Report on the spider crabs obtained by the F.I.S. "Endeavour" on the coasts of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, and Tasmania. pp. 1–29 figs 1–3 pls 1–15 in, Biological Results of the Fishing Experiments carried out by the F.I.S. "Endeavour", 1909–14. Sydney : Commonwealth of Australia, Department of Trade and Customs. Vol. 5 398 pp. [28 pl. 13 fig. 2].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM E6326 ♂, 40 km SE of Double Island Point, QLD.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, reef, subtidal, symbiotic.

Extra Ecological Information

Associated with echinoids, to 200 m depth.

 

General References

Chia, D.G.B. & Ng, P.K.L. 2000. A revision of Eumedonus H. Milne Edwards, 1834 and Gonatonotus White, 1847 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Eumedonidae), two genera of crabs symbiotic with sea urchins. Journal of Natural History 34: 15-56 [29] (redescribed and figured)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
04-Jun-2012		04-Jun-2012	MOVED
10-May-2012		10-May-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)