Species Leucosia moresbiensis Haswell, 1879

Museums

Regional Maps

• Leucosia moresbiensis Haswell, W.A. 1879. Contributions towards a monograph of Australian Leucosiidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 4(1): 44-66, pl. 5, 6 [Date published 16 June 1879: for publication date, see Fletcher (1896: 535)] [49].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM P3906, Port Moresby, New Guinea.

  Secondary source:

   Galil, B.S. 2003. Contribution to the knowledge of Leucosiidae I. The identity of Leucosia craniolaris (Linnaeus, 1758), and the redefinition of the genus Leucosia Weber, 1795 (Crustacea: Brachyura). Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 77(8): 181-191, figs 1-2 [186-187].

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Leucosia perlata De Haan, 1841 [misidentification]. —
  Tyndale-Biscoe, M. & George, R.W. 1962. The Oxystomata and Gymnopleura (Crustacea, Brachyura) of Western Australia with descriptions of two species from Western Australia and one from India. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 45(3): 65-96 figs 1-9 pls 1-3 [84] (misidentification)
  Galil, B.S. 2003. Contribution to the knowledge of Leucosiidae I. The identity of Leucosia craniolaris (Linnaeus, 1758), and the redefinition of the genus Leucosia Weber, 1795 (Crustacea: Brachyura). Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 77(8): 181-191, figs 1-2 [186]

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

New Guinea, Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Subtidal.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
13-Mar-2025	CRUSTACEA Brünnich, 1772	02-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Dr Gary Poore
10-May-2022	DECAPODA Latreille, 1802	02-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
04-Jun-2012		04-Jun-2012	MOVED
		14-Apr-2011	ADDED