Genus Hypocolpus Rathbun, 1897
- Hypocolpus Rathbun, M.J. 1897. A revision of the nomenclature of the Brachyura. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 11: 153-167 [164] [nom. nov. for Hypocoelus Heller, 1861; gender masculine].
Type species:
Melissa diverticulata Strahl, 1861 by original designation. - Hypocoelus Heller, C. 1861. Synopsis der im rothen Meere vorkommenden Crustaceen. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 11: 3-32 [7] [junior homonym of Hypocoelus Latreille, 1834 (Insecta, Coleoptera); gender masculine].
Type species:
Cancer sculptus H. Milne Edwards, 1834 by subsequent designation, see Guinot-Dumortier, D. 1960. Révision des genres Euxanthus Dana et Hypocolpus Rathbun (Crust. Decap. Brach.). Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] A. Zool. 20(2): 153-218 pls 1-12 [177] (with indication of Melissa diverticulata Strahl, 1861, as the type of Hypocolpus; Cancer sculptus H. Milne Edwards, 1834 was selected de facto as the type species of Hypocoelus since the name was cited in the synonymy of Hypocolpus diverticulatus) (junior homonym of Cancer sculptus Herbst, 1794, but still an available name for the purposes of type species designation).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west Pacific Oceans.
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Timor Province (2), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northwest Transition (3), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Other Regions
Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands
General References
Serène, R. 1984. Crustacés Décapodes Brachyoures de l'Océan Indien occidental et de la Mer Rouge. Xanthoidea: Xanthidae et Trapeziidae. Avec un addendum par Crosnier, A.: Carpilliidae et Menippidae. Faune Tropicale 24: 1-400 figs A-C, 1-243 pls 1-48 [77] (key to species)
History of changes
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| 04-Jun-2012 | 04-Jun-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 10-May-2012 | 10-May-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |