Species Euxanthus huoni Jacquinot, 1846
Type data:
Syntype(s) MNHP, Torres Strait, N QLD.- Euxanthus sculptilis Dana, J.D. 1852. Conspectus Crustaceorum, etc. Conspectus of the Crustacea of the Exploring Expedition under Capt Wilkes, U.S.N., including the Crustacea Cancroidea Corystoidea. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 6: 73-86 [75].
Type data:
Syntype(s) USNM (presumed lost), Feejee Archipelago and Tongatabu [Fiji and Tonga].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Serène, R. 1984. Crustacés Décapodes Brachyoures de l'Océan Indien occidental et de la Mer Rouge. Xanthoidea: Xanthidae et Trapeziidae. Avec un addendum par Crosnier, A.: Carpilliidae et Menippidae. Faune Tropicale 24: 1-400 figs A-C, 1-243 pls 1-48 [84]
- Davie, P. 2002. Crustacea: Malacostraca: Eucarida (Part 2): Decapoda—Anomura, Brachyura. In Wells, A. & Houston, W.W.K. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 19.3B. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia xiv 641 pp. [534] (this species has been long known under the name of E. sculptilis, but recent work has shown that Cancer huoni was first described in 1846, not 1852 as had been previously thought, and therefore must take priority as the senior name, see Clark, P.F. & Crosnier, A. 2000. The zoology of the Voyage au pôle sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée; exécuté par ordre du roi pendant les années 1837-1838-1839-1840 sous le commandement de M. Dumont-d'Urville (1842–1854): titles, volumes, plates, text, contents, proposed dates and anecdotal history of the publication. Arch. Nat. Hist. 27(3): 407–435)
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west Pacific Oceans (Red Sea east to Vietnam and Tahiti).
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Low intertidal, reef flat, shallow subtidal.
Extra Ecological Information
Coral, sand and coral rubble.
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) |