Species Gonatonotus pentagonus White, 1847
- Gonatonotus pentagonus White, A. 1847. Descriptions of new Crustacea from the Eastern Seas. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 15: 56-58 [58].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1847.21, eastern seas, Borneo. - Gonatonotus pentagonus White, A. 1847. List of the Specimens of Crustacea in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum viii 143 pp. [Date published Apr/1847] [125] [nomen nudum; nom. nud.].
Distribution
States
Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Central Indo-west Pacific Oceans (Gulf of Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia).
IMCRA
Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, reef, subtidal, symbiotic.
Extra Ecological Information
Associated with echinoids.
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 [41] (redescribed and figured)
History of changes
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| 04-Jun-2012 | 04-Jun-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 10-May-2012 | 10-May-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |