Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

<em>Pseudocarcinus gigas</em> [from McCoy 1889]

Pseudocarcinus gigas [from McCoy 1889]

Museums

Regional Maps

Family MENIPPIDAE Ortmann, 1893


Compiler and date details

May 2012 - Peter Davie, Queensland Museum, Brisbane

Diagnosis

Carapace ovate to quadrate. Eyes normal, orbits never reaching edge of carapace; antennae positioned adjacent to antennules, flagellum always free. Frontal margin with 2–4 lobes or teeth. Anterolateral margin with distinct lobes, teeth or spines. Major chela with basal crushing molariform tooth; fingers of minor chela not forceps-like. Male second gonopod with distal part distinctly longer than subdistal part, abruptly becoming very slender along terminal section.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
04-Jun-2012 04-Jun-2012 MOVED
27-Mar-2012 27-Mar-2012 MOVED
12-Feb-2010 (import)