Species Gnathophyllum americanum Guérin-Méneville, 1856
Bumble-bee Shrimp
- Gnathophyllum americanum Guérin-Méneville, F.É. 1856. Crustaceos. Historia fisica politica y natural de la isla de Cuba, Historia Natural. v-xxxii 8 pls 1-3 [xx].
Type data:
Holotype MFP, Cuba.
Paratype(s) ANSP CA3148 2 specimens. - Gnathophyllum fasciolatum Stimpson, W. 1860. Crustacea Macrura. Pars VIII of Prodromus descriptionis animalium evertebratorum, quae in Expeditione ad Oceanum Pacificum Septentrionalem, a Republica Federata missa, Cadwaladaro Ringgold et Johanne Rodgers Ducibus, observavit et descripsit. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 12: 22-47 [28].
Type data:
Status unknown, (presumed lost), Port Jackson, NSW. - Gnathophyllum zebra Richters, F. 1880. Decapoda. In, Möbius, K.A. Beiträge zur Meeresfauna der Insel Mauritius und der Seychellen, bearbeitet von K. Möbius, F. Richters und E. von Martens. Berlin. 137-178 pls 15-18 [161].
Type data:
Status unknown, Fouquet Ils, Mauritius. - Gnathophyllum pallidium Ortmann, A.E. 1890. Die Unterordnung Natantia Boas: Die Decapoden-Krebse des Strassburger Museums mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der von Herrn Dr. Döderlein bei Japan und bei den Liu-Kiu-Inseln gesammelten und z.Z. im Strassburger Museum aufbewahrten Formen, I. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere 5: 437-542 pls 36, 37 [537].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ZMH 1♂ 1♀, Tahiti. - Gnathophyllum tridens Nobili, G. 1906. Diagnoses préliminaires de Crustacés Décapodes et Isopodes nouveaux recueillis par M. le Dr. G. Seurat aux îles Touamotou. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 12(5): 256-270 [259].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP ♀, Rikitea, Tuamotu Islands.Type locality references:
Holthuis, L.B. 1949. Note sur le type du Gnathophyllum tridens Nobili, 1906 (Crustacés, Décapodes). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 2 21: 210-214. - Gnathophyllum minuscularium Armstrong, J.C. 1940. New species of Caridea from the Bermudas. American Museum Novitates 1096: 1-10 4 figs [9 fig. 4C-K].
Type data:
Holotype AMNH 8192 ♀, The Reach, St George Island, Bermuda.
Paratype(s) AMNH 8193 2♀.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Chace, F.A., Jr & Bruce, A.J. 1993. The Caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda) of the Albatross Philippine Expedition, 1907–1910, Part 6: Superfamily Palaemonoidea. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 543: 1-152 [136]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Circumtropical.
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
Coral reef.
Extra Ecological Information
Found free-living, but also often associated with echinoids and ophiuroids, and has been observed browsing on papulae of several asteroids, to 50 m depth.
General References
Davie, P. 2002. Crustacea: Malacostraca: Phyllocarida, Hoplocarida, Eucarida (Part 1). In Wells, A. & Houston, W.W.K. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 19.3A. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia xii 551 pp. [250] (it is likely that a complex of sibling species is involved, and that some synonyms may need to be resurrected; numerous colour forms are evident from the popular photographic record (A.J. Bruce, pers. comm.))
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 22-Jul-2013 | 22-Jul-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 10-May-2012 | 10-May-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |