Species Heterocarpus dorsalis Spence Bate, 1888
Madagascar Nylon Shrimp (Fao), Pink Carid
- Heterocarpus dorsalis Spence Bate, C. 1888. Report on the Crustacea Macrura collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 24: 1-942, i-xc figs 1-76 pls 1-150 [630 pl. 111].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH ♀, off Kepulauan Banda [Banda Is.], Indonesia. - Heterocarpus alphonsi Spence Bate, C. 1888. Report on the Crustacea Macrura collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 24: 1-942, i-xc figs 1-76 pls 1-150 [632 pl. 112 fig. 1].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH ♂ ♀, off Kepulauan Talaud [Talaud Is.], Indonesia and Sagami Bay, Japan. - Heterocarpus affinis Borradaile, L.A. 1915. Notes on Carides. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 15: 205-213 [208].
Type data:
Holotype off Saya de Malha Bank, Seychelles-Mauritius Ridge, Indian Ocean.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Chace, F.A., Jr 1985. The Caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda) of the Albatross Philippine Expedition, 1907–1910, Part 3: Families Thalassocarididae and Pandalidae. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 411: 1-143 [22]
Distribution
States
Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west Pacific (South Africa to Indonesia, Philippines, Japan, New Caledonia, and Western Samoa).
IMCRA
Northeast Province (18), Timor Province (2), Northwest Transition (3), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7)
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Continental slope, mesopelagic, oceanic province, sand bottom.
Extra Ecological Information
Coral sand, depth 185–1400 m, mainly 500–650 m.
General References
Hanamura, Y. & Evans, D.R. 1996. Deepwater Caridean Shrimps of the Families Nematocarcinidae, Stylodactylidae, Pandalidae and Crangonidae (Crustacea: Decapoda) from Western Australia. Bulletin of Nansei National Fisheries Research Institute 29: 1-18 [5]
History of changes
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