Genus Lybia H. Milne Edwards, 1834
- Lybia Milne Edwards, H. 1834. Histoire naturelle des Crustacés, comprenant l'anatomie, la physiologie et la classification de ces Animaux. Paris : Librairie encyclopédique de Roret Vol. 1 xxxv 468 pp. [431] [in footnote; junior objective synonym of Melia Latreille, 1827; gender feminine].
Type species:
Grapsus tesselatus Latreille, 1812 by monotypy. - Melia Latreille, P.A. 1827. Crustacés (Brachyoures). pp. 254-259 in Mit Anmerkungen und Zusätzen von Dr. A.A. Berthold (ed.). Natürliche Familien des Thierreichs. Weimar : Landes-Industrie-Comtoirs. [255] [junior homonym of Melia Bosc, 1813 (Crustacea) and Melia Billberg, 1820 (Crustacea, Amphipoda); gender feminine].
Type species:
Grapsus tessellatus Latreille, 1812 by monotypy. - Prolybia Ward, M. 1933. New genera and species of marine Decapoda Brachyura from the coasts of New South Wales and Queensland. The Australian Zoologist 7(5): 377-394 pls 21-23 [386] [gender feminine].
Type species:
Prolybia australiensis Ward, 1933 by monotypy.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Guinot, D. 1976. Constitution de quelques groupes naturels chez les Crustacés Décapodes Brachyoures. I. La super-famille des Bellioidea et trois sous-familles de Xanthoidae (Polydectinae Dana, Trichiinae de Haan, Actaeinae Alcock). Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] 97: 1-308 figs 1-47 pls 1-19 [69, 78]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Warmer regions of Indo-Pacific Oceans.
IMCRA
Timor Province (2), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northwest Transition (3), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
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) |