Species Leptodius affinis (De Haan, 1835)
- Cancer (Xantho) affinis De Haan, W. 1835. Crustacea. 1-243 pls A-J, L-Q, 1-55, circ. tab. 2 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 : Lugundi-Batavorum. [published from 1833–1850] [48, pl. 13 fig. 8].
Type data:
Lectotype RMNH D 44644 1 dry specimen, Japan.
Paralectotype(s) RMNH D 42334 1 ♂, dry, Japan; RMNH D 44646 mouthparts, dry, Japan; RMNH D 42335 1 ♀, dry, Japan.Subsequent designation 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. [337]. - Cancer (Xantho) lividus De Haan, W. 1835. Crustacea. 1-243 pls A-J, L-Q, 1-55, circ. tab. 2 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 : Lugundi-Batavorum. [published from 1833–1850] [48, pl. 13 fig. 6].
Type data:
Lectotype RMNH D 42333 ♂ dry, Japan.
Paralectotype(s) RMNH D 42336 ♀ dry, Japan.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Lee, S-k., Mendoza, J.C.E., Ng, P.K.L. & Kim, W. 2013. On the identity of the Indo-west Pacific littoral xanthid crab Leptodius exaratus (H. Milne Edwards, 1834)(Curstacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Xanthidae). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 61(1): 189-204 [192]
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Leptodius exaratus H. Milne Edwards, 1834 [a misidentification]. —
Jones, D.S. & Morgan, G.J. 1994. A Field Guide to Crustaceans of Australian Waters. Chatswood, NSW : Reed 216 pp. [166]
Davie, P. 2002. Crustacea: Malacostraca: Eucarida (Part 2): Decapoda—Anomura, Brachyura. In Wells, A. & Houston, W.W.K. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 19.3B. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia xiv 641 pp. [550]
Poore, G.C.B. 2004. Marine Decapod Crustacea of Southern Australia. A guide to identification (with chapter on Stomatopoda by Shane Ahyong). Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 574 pp. [472]
Introduction
Widely mis-identified as Leptodius exaratus (H. Milne Edwards, 1834) which is restricted to the western Indian Ocean and replaced by L. affinis in the east Indian Ocean and western Pacific, see Lee et al. (2013)
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
East Indo-west central Pacific Oceans (Vietnam to Japan and east to Hawai'i).
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Christmas Island Province (23), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Low intertidal, rocky shore.
Extra Ecological Information
Under rocks on sand and gravel.
General References
Montgomery, S.K. 1931. Report on the Crustacea Brachyura of the Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Abrolhos Islands under the leadership of Professor W.J. Dakin, in 1913; along with other crabs from Western Australia. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 37: 405-465 1 text-fig. pls 24-30 [435] (recorded this species from Australia as Xantho hydrophilus)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10-Dec-2023 | XANTHIDAE MacLeay, 1838 | 02-May-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 04-Jun-2012 | 04-Jun-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 10-May-2012 | 10-May-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |