Species Heloecius cordiformis (H. Milne Edwards, 1837)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Gelasimus cordiformis 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. [53].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) SMF, 'Australasie'; MNHP, 'Australasie'.
• Heloecius inornatus Dana, J.D. 1851. Crustacea Grapsoidea, (Cyclometopa, Edwardsii): Conspectus Crustacearum quae in Orbis Terrarum circumnavigatione, Carolo Wilkes e classe Reipublicae Foederatae Duce, lexit et descriptsit J.D. Dana. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 5: 247-254 [248].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) (presumed lost), New South Wales.
• Heloecius areolatus Heller, C. 1862. Neue Crustaceen, gesammelt während der Weltumseglung der k.k. Fregatte Novarra: Zweiter vorläufiger Bericht. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 12: 519-528 [519].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) NHMW, E Australia.
• Heloecius signatus Hess, W. 1865. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Decapoden-Krebse Ost-Australiens. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 31: 127-173 pls 6-7 [145].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMG 133 ♂ (now in SMF), Sydney, NSW.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Haswell, W.A. 1882. Catalogue of the Australian Stalk- and Sessile-eyed Crustacea. Addenda et corrigenda. Sydney : Australian Museum xxiv 324 pp., 4 pls. [91]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Burrower, estuary, mangrove, mid intertidal, mud bottom.

 

General References

Griffin, D.J.G. 1965. The behaviour of shore crabs. Australian Natural History 15: 87-91

Griffin, D.J.G. 1968. Social and maintenance behaviour in two Australian ocypodid crabs (Crustacea: Brachyura). Journal of Zoology, London 156: 291-305

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
04-Jun-2012		04-Jun-2012	MOVED
26-Mar-2012		26-Mar-2012	MOVED
26-Mar-2012		26-Mar-2012	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)