Species Mariaplax granulifera (Campbell & Stephenson, 1970)

• Hexapus granuliferus Campbell, B.M. & Stephenson, W. 1970. The sublittoral Brachyura (Crustacea: Decapoda) of Moreton Bay. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 15(4): 235-302 figs 1-49 pl. 22 1 table [286 fig. 49].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM W3108 ♀, Red Buoy, Moreton Bay, QLD
  Comment: Rahayu & Ng (2014) restrict the type material to the Holotype, while the Paratypes are reassigned to M. daviei Rahayu & Ng, 2014.

 

Generic Combinations

• Mariaplax granulifera (Campbell & Stephenson, 1970). —
  Rahayu, D.L. & Ng, P.K.L. 2014. New genera and new species of Hexapodidae (Crustacea, Brachyura) from the Indo-West Pacific and east Atlantic. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 62: 396–483 [438]

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Hexapus ?granuliferus [Identified as Mariaplax granulifera (Campbell & Stephenson, 1970) by Rahayu & Ng (2014)]. —
  Serène, R. & Soh, C.L. 1976. Brachyura collected during the Thai-Danish Expedition (1966). Phuket Marine Biological Center, Research Bulletin 12: 1-37, figs 1-28, pls 1-7 [Fig. 26, 26C]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Rahayu & Ng (2014) restrict the distribution of M. granulifera to the Moreton Bay area, while the material from Tasmanian waters as well as Port Jackson area is reassessed as M. daviei Rahayu & Ng, 2014

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Low intertidal, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

Muddy-sand substrates.

 

General References

Rahayu, D.L. & Ng, P.K.L. 2014. New genera and new species of Hexapodidae (Crustacea, Brachyura) from the Indo-West Pacific and east Atlantic. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 62: 396–483 [438] (redescription)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Dec-2019	DECAPODA Latreille, 1802	26-Feb-2019	MODIFIED	Dr Shane Ahyong
04-Jun-2012		04-Jun-2012	MOVED
10-May-2012		10-May-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)