Species Helograpsus haswellianus (Whitelegge, 1889)
Haswell's Shore Crab
- Chasmagnathus haswellianus Whitelegge, T. 1889. List of the Marine and Freshwater Invertebrate Fauna of Port Jackson and the Neighbourhood. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 23: 163-323 [229].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM P11387 2♀, Shoalhaven River, NSW. - Chasmagnathus convexus Haswell, W.A. 1881. On some new Australian Brachyura. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 6(3): 540-551 [550].
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
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), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Burrower, estuary, intertidal, mangrove.
Extra Ecological Information
In sheltered bays and estuaries, penetrating well up river to a minimum salinity of about 4 ‰ at high water, under rocks, logs or litter, or in burrows amongst grass, at or above high water level, on a variety of substrates from moist clay to course but muddy sand.
General References
Campbell, B.M. & Griffin, D.J.G. 1966. The Australian Sesarminae (Crustacea: Brachyura): Genera Helice, Helograpsus nov., Cyclograpsus, and Paragrapsus. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 14(5): 127-174, text-figs 1-10 pls 20-23 [135]
Hale, H.M. 1927. The Crustaceans of South Australia. Eumalacostraca. Adelaide : Government Printer Vol. 1 201 pp., 202 figs. [177] (biology and details of burrow construction)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 04-Jun-2012 | 04-Jun-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 26-Mar-2012 | 26-Mar-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |