Species Micippa philyra (Herbst, 1803)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cancer philyra Herbst, J.F.W. 1803. Versuch einer Naturgeschichte der Krabben und Krebse nebst einer Systematischen Beischreibung ihrer Verschieden Arten. Berlin & Stralsund Vol. 3 Pt 3 pp. 1–54 pls 55–58. [51 pl. 58 fig. 4].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMB Herbst 0077 ♀, East Indies.
• Micippa superciliosa Haswell, W.A. 1880. On the Australian Brachyura Oxyrhyncha. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 4: 431-458 pls 25-27 [446].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM P40851 ♂, Darnley Island, QLD.
• Paramicippa asperimanus Miers, E.J. 1884. Crustacea. Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the Voyage of H.M.S. `Alert' 1881–2. Part I. The collections from Melanesia. Part II. Collections from the western Indian Ocean. London : British Museum. pp. 178–322, 513–575 pls 18–32, 46–51. [525].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 82.24 2♂ 5♀, Providence Island and Seychelles.
• Micippa mascarenica nodulifera Baker, W.H. 1905. Notes on South Australian Decapod Crustacea. Part II. Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of South Australia 29: 116-131 pl. 21-24 [127 pl. 24 figs 8, 8a].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) SAMA several specimens, South Australia coast.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Griffin, D.J.G. 1966. A review of the Australian Majid Spider Crabs (Crustacea, Brachyura). The Australian Zoologist XIII(3): 259-297 pls 15-17, text-figs 1-3 [287]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific Oceans (East Africa to Japan).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, low intertidal, rock reef, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

Coral, sponges, rubble and algae, depth to about 90 m.

 

History of changes

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)