Species Halicarcinus krefftii (Hess, 1865)
- Hymenicus krefftii Hess, W. 1865. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Decapoden-Krebse Ost-Australiens. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 31: 127-173 pls 6-7 [141 pl. 6 fig. 5].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ZMG (types were destroyed during World War II, see Lucas, J.S. 1980. Spider Crabs of the family Hymenosomatidae (Crustacea: Brachyura) with particular reference to Australian species: Systematics and biology. Records of the Australian Museum 33(4): 148–247 figs 1–10 [178]), Sydney, NSW.
Distribution
States
New South Wales
Extra Distribution Information
Known only from type locality.
IMCRA
Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, sublittoral.
General References
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. [245] (current status is uncertain, no records of this species since original description; Lucas (1980) believed it is probably a junior synonym of Halicarcinus ovatus Stimpson, 1858)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05-Jun-2012 | 05-Jun-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 27-Mar-2012 | 27-Mar-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |