Species Metopograpsus quadridentatus Stimpson, 1858
- Metopograpsus quadridentatus Stimpson, W. 1858. Crustacea Ocypodoidea: Prodromus descriptionis animalium evertebratorum, quae in Expeditione ad Oceanum Pacificum Septentrionalem, a Republica Federata missa, Cadwaladaro Ringgold et Johanne Rodgers Ducibus, observavit et descripsit W. Stimpson. Pars V. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 10: 93-110 [page numbers 39–56 on separate reprint] [102].
Type data:
Status unknown, (presumed lost), Hong Kong. - Pachygrapsus quadratus Tweedie, M.W.F. 1936. On the crabs of the family Grapsidae in the collection of the Raffles Museum. Bulletin of the Raffles Museum 12: 44-70, text-figs 1-3 pls 14,15 [46 pl. 14 fig. 1].
Type data:
Holotype RM ♂ (presumed lost as not in ZRC to which it should have been transferred), Siglap, Singapore.
Paratype(s) ZRC 9 specimens. - Grapsus (Grapsus) plicatus De Haan, W. in Herklots, J.A. 1861. Symbolae carcinologicae. Études sur la classe des Crustacés. p. 27. [129] [nom. nud.].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Banerjee, S.K. 1960. Biological Results of the Snellius Expedition. XVIII. The Genera Grapsus, Geograpsus and Metopograpsus (Crustacea Brachyura). Temminckia 10: 132-199 figs 1-6 [192]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory
Extra Distribution Information
East Indo-west Pacific Oceans (southern New Guinea, Indonesia to China).
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26)
Ecological Descriptors
Intertidal, mangrove, mud substrate.
Extra Ecological Information
In galleries in firm mud bank, and on surface.
General References
Davie, P.J.F. 1982. A preliminary checklist of Brachyura (Crustacea: Decapoda) associated with Australian Mangrove Forests. Operculum 5(4): 204-207 [206] (Australian record)
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 | ||
| 10-May-2012 | 10-May-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |