Species Hemipagurus ensifer Henderson, 1893
- Catapagurus ensifer Henderson, J.R. 1893. A contribution to Indian Carcinology. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London Ser. 2, Zool. 5(1): 325-458 pls 36-40 [424 pl. 38 figs 16-19].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH 1888.34 ♂, Gulf of Martaban, Myanmar.
Paralectotype(s) BMNH 1888.34 1♂ 1♀.Subsequent designation references:
Asakura, A. 2001. A revision of the hermit crabs of the genera Catapagurus A. Milne-Edwards and Hemipagurus Smith from the Indo-West Pacific (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Paguridae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 15: 823-891 figs 1-51 [835] (also redescribed and figured).
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Indian Ocean (Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Providence Is. and Cargados Carajos) east to Torres Strait.
IBRA
Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, subtidal.
Extra Ecological Information
Recorded from gastropod shells, Niotha sp. and Naticaris sp.
General References
Haig, J. & Ball, E.E. 1988. Hermit crabs from north Australian and eastern Indonesian waters (Crustacea Decapoda: Anomura: Paguroidea) collected during the 1975 Alpha Helix Expedition. Records of the Australian Museum 40(3): 151-196 [180] (only Australian record, as Catapagurus ensifer)
History of changes
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| 24-Apr-2012 | 24-Apr-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |