Species Hypothalassia armata (De Haan, 1833)
Champagne Crab (Fao), Deepwater Spiny Crab
- Cancer (Acanthodes) armatus De Haan, W. 1833. Crustacea. i-xvii, i-xxxi, ix-xvi, 1-243 pls A-J, in Von Siebold, P.F. (ed.). Fauna Japonica sive Descriptio Animalium, quae in Itinere per Japoniam, Jussu et Auspiciis Superiorum, qui Summum in India Batava Imperium Tenent, Suscepto, Annis 1823–1830 Collegit, Notis, Observationibus et Adumbrationibus Illustravit. Leiden : Lugduni-Batavorum. [published from 1833–1850] [pl. 4, pl. B; description on p. 52 (1835)].
Type data:
Holotype RMNH D21219 ♀ dry (mouthparts of holotype in RMNH, D42105), E coast of Japan Islands
Comment: the figure in pl. 4 of the Crustacea volume of Fauna Japonica is a depiction from the female holotype; however, De Haan mistakenly presented it as a male; his error was discussed most recently by Yamaguchi, T. & Baba, K. 1993. Crustacean specimens collected in Japan by Ph.F. von Siebold and H. Bürger and held by the National Natuurhistorisch Museum in Leiden and other museums. pp. 145–563 in Yamaguchi, T. (ed). Ph.F. von Siebold and Natural History of Japan Crustacea. Japan : Shimoda Printing Inc.Type locality references:
Yamaguchi, T. & Baba, K. 1993. Crustacean specimens collected in Japan by Ph.F. von Siebold and H. Bürger and held by the National Natuurhistorisch Museum in Leiden and other museums. pp. 145-563 in Yamaguchi, T. (ed.). Ph.F. von Siebold and Natural History of Japan Crustacea. Japan : Shimoda Printing Inc.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
West Pacific (Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan, Mariana Island, Guam, New Hebrides, Fiji).
IMCRA
Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental shelf, continental slope.
Trade
food
Extra Ecological Information
Muddy to rocky substrates, depth 30–600 m.
General References
Koh, S.K. & Ng, P.K.L. 2000. A revision of the spiny crabs of the genus Hypothalassia Gistel, 1848 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Eriphiidae). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 48(1): 123-141 [124] (redescription)
Ng, P.K.L. 1998. Crabs. pp. 1045-1155 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 2 687-1396 pp. [1106] (fisheries interest)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04-Jun-2012 | 04-Jun-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 27-Mar-2012 | 27-Jul-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |