Species Guinusia chabrus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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• Cancer chabrus Linnaeus, C. 1758. Cancer. pp. 625-634 in Linnaeus, C. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [628].

  Type data:

   Neotype RMNH D22446 ♀ dry, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Griffin, D.J.G. 1968. The description of a neotype for Cancer chabrus Linnaeus and the status of Plagusia capensis De Haan (Decapoda, Grapsidae). Crustaceana 15(2): 209-213 pl. 1 (Linnaeus' type material now lost).
• Grapsus (Plagusia) capensis De Haan, W. 1835. Crustacea. 1-243 pls A-J, L-Q, 1-55, circ. tab. 2 in Von Siebold, P.F. (ed.). Fauna Japonica sive Descriptio Animalium, quae in Itinere per Japoniam, Jussu et Auspiciis Superiorum, qui Summum in India Batava Imperium Tenent, Suscepto, Annis 1823–1830 Collegit, Notis, Observationibus et Adumbrationibus Illustravit. Leiden : Lugundi-Batavorum. [published from 1833–1850] [58].

  Type data:

   Lectotype RMNH D22446 ♀ dry, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.
  Paralectotype(s) RMNH D42275 2♂ 1♀ dry, South Africa, Cape of Good Hope; RMNH D45103 dry mouthparts of RMNH D42275, South Africa, Cape of Good Hope.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Griffin, D.J.G. 1968. The description of a neotype for Cancer chabrus Linnaeus and the status of Plagusia capensis De Haan (Decapoda, Grapsidae). Crustaceana 15(2): 209-213 pl. 1.
• Plagusia tomentosa 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. [92].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MNHP 5 specimens, Cape of Good Hope and Chile.
• Plagusia spinosa MacLeay, W.S. 1838. On the Brachyurous Decapod Crustacea brought from the Cape by Dr Smith. pp. 53–71 pl. 3 in, Illustrations of the Annulosa of South Africa; being a portion of the objects of natural history collected during an expedition into the interior of South Africa, under the direction of Dr Andrew Smith, in the years 1834, 1835, and 1836; fitted out by "The Cape of Good Hope Association for Exploring Central Africa". London. 75 pp. 4 pls [66].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown (lost), South Africa.
• Plagusia gaimardii Milne Edwards, H. 1853. Mémoires sur la famille des Ocypodiens, suite. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris Zoology 3 20: 163-228 pls 6-11 [178].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP, Tongatabou.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Griffin, D.J.G. 1973. A revision of the two southern temperate shore crabs Leptograpsus variegatus (Fabricius) and Plagusia chabrus (Linnaeus) (Crustacea, Decapoda, Grapsidae). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 3(3): 415-440 15 figs [426]

 

Generic Combinations

• Guinusia chabrus (Linnaeus, 1758).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific Oceans (Southern Hemisphere cool temperate species from South Africa to Chile).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Southeast Transition (11), Lord Howe Province (14), Norfolk Island Province (21), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Ecological Descriptors

Low intertidal, rocky coast.

Extra Ecological Information

On rocky coasts exposed to light to heavy surf, in crevices and pools.

 

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)