Species Hippa celaeno (de Man, 1896)
Sand Crab, Sand Crab
- Remipes celaeno de Man, J.G. 1896. Bericht über die von herrn Schiffscapitän Storm zu Atjeh, an den westlichen Küsten von Malakka, Borneo und Celebes sowie in der Java-See gesammelten Decapoden und Stomatopoden (Part 4). Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere 9: 459-514 [Anomura und Macrura] [462, 483-488].
Type data:
Syntype(s) RMNH D1641 ca 15 specimens, Indo-Pacific, locality unknown; RMNH D1751 ca 300 specimens, Indo-Pacific, locality unknown; RMNH D2618 ♀, Indonesia, Celebes [Sulawesi], Makassar [Ujung Pandang].
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west Pacific Oceans (Red Sea eastward to New Caledonia and S to QLD, Australia).
IMCRA
Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Burrower, coral reef, sand bottom.
General References
Haig, J. 1974. A review of the Australian crabs of family Hippidae (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 17(1): 175-189 figs 1-5 pl. 6 [183]
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 24-Apr-2012 | 24-Apr-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |