Species Hyastenus aries (Latreille, 1825)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Pisa aries Latreille, P.A. 1825. Encyclopédie Méthodique. Histoire Naturelle. Entomologie, ou Histoire naturelle des Crustacés, des Arachnides et des Insectes. Paris. Vol. 10. Pt 1. 832 pp. [140].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MNHP ♂ (probable depository institution if still extant), 'Pondichery', India.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific Oceans (southern India, Indonesia, Singapore, Sulu Archipelago).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

Dredged from sandy to sandy mud substrates with broken shell and coral, depth 5–90 m.

 

General References

Griffin, D.J.G. & Tranter, H. 1986. The Decapoda Brachyura of the Siboga Expedition. Part VIII. Majidae. Siboga Expéditie Monographie 39(c4): 1-335, 112 text-figs 22 pls [127] (remarks on variation)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
04-Jun-2012		04-Jun-2012	MOVED
15-Feb-2012		15-Feb-2012	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)