Species Lissocarcinus orbicularis Dana, 1852
Harlequin Crab
- Lissocarcinus orbicularis Dana, J.D. 1852. Conspectus Crustaceorum, etc. Conspectus of the Crustacea of the Exploring Expedition under Capt Wilkes, U.S.N., including the Crustacea Cancroidea Corystoidea. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 6: 73-86 [86].
Type data:
Status unknown, (presumed lost), Vitienses [Fiji]. - Lissocarcinus pulchellus Müller, 1887.
Distribution
States
Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west central Pacific Oceans (South Africa to Japan and Hawai'i).
IMCRA
Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Commensal, coral reef, sublittoral.
Extra Ecological Information
Lives on the outer surface, among the oral tentacles or within the gut of large holothurians, often found in mated pairs. 100 m depth
General References
Stephenson, W. & Campbell, B. 1960. The Australian Portunids (Crustacea: Portunidae) IV: Remaining Genera. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 11(1): 73-122 [95]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 04-Jun-2012 | 04-Jun-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 10-May-2012 | 10-May-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |