Species Micippa thalia (Herbst, 1803)
- Cancer thalia 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. [50 pl. 58 fig. 3].
Type data:
Holotype ZMB Herbst 0075 ♀, East Indies. - Micippa inermis Haswell, W.A. 1880. On the Australian Brachyura Oxyrhyncha. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 4: 431-458 pls 25-27 [445 pl. 26 fig. 3].
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Syntype(s) AM G5138 1 specimen, Gloucester Passage, QLD. - Micippa aculeata Bianconi, G. 1851. Specimina zoologica Mosambicana. Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna 3(Fasc. 5): 91-112 pls 10-11 [103 pl. 10 fig. 2].
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Status unknown, Mozambique. - Micippa pusilla Bianconi, J.J. 1869. Specimina Zoologica Mosambicana, Fasciculus XVII. Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna 2 9: 199-222 pls 1-2 [205 pl. 1 fig. 1].
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Status unknown, Mozambique. - Micippa miliaris Gerstaecker, A. 1856. Carcinologishes Beitrage. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 22(1): 101-162 pls 4-6 [110].
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Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, not determined. - Micippa haani Stimpson, W. 1858. Prodromus descriptionis animalium evertebratorum, quae in Expenditione ad Oceanum Pacificum Sententrionalem, a Republica Federata missa, Cadwaladaro Ringgold et Johanne Rodgers Ducibus, observavit et descripsit. Pars III. Crustacea Maioidea. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 9: 216-221 [217].
Type data:
Lectotype RMNH D738 sex not determined (name based on specimens originally identified by De Haan as Pisa (Micippa) thalia), Japan.Subsequent designation references:
Yamaguchi, T. & Baba, K. 1993. Crustacean specimens collected in Japan by Ph.F. von Siebold and H. Bürger and held by the National Natuurhistorisch Museum in Leiden and other museums. pp. 145-563 in Yamaguchi, T. (ed.). Ph.F. von Siebold and Natural History of Japan Crustacea. Japan : Shimoda Printing Inc. [363]. - Micippa thalia caledonica Kossmann, R. 1877. Malacostraca (1. Theil: Brachyura). Chapter Erste Halfte, III. 1-66 pls 1-3 in Kossmann, R. (ed.). Zoologische Ergebnisse einer im Auftrage der Königlichen Academie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin ausgeführten Reise in die Küstengebiete des Rothen Meeres. Leipzig : W. Engelmann. [8 pl. 3 fig. 4].
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Syntype(s) MNHP, New Caledonia. - Micippa thalia indica Kossmann, R. 1877. Malacostraca (1. Theil: Brachyura). Chapter Erste Halfte, III. 1-66 pls 1-3 in Kossmann, R. (ed.). Zoologische Ergebnisse einer im Auftrage der Königlichen Academie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin ausgeführten Reise in die Küstengebiete des Rothen Meeres. Leipzig : W. Engelmann. [8].
Type data:
Lectotype ZMB Herbst 0075 ♀ (holotype of Cancer thalia Herbst, 1803), Red Sea.Subsequent designation references:
Davie, P. 2002. Crustacea: Malacostraca: Eucarida (Part 2): Decapoda—Anomura, Brachyura. In Wells, A. & Houston, W.W.K. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 19.3B. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia xiv 641 pp. [317] (when using the name Micippa Thalia var. indica Kossmann stated [translated from the German]: `With this distinguishing name I call that variety which served as an original for the Herbst and Gerstaecker descriptions of M. thalia'. To ensure nomenclatural stability I have therefore designated the holotype of M. thalia (Herbst, 1803) as the lectotype of M. thalia indica Kossmann, 1877. I have not examined the specimens of Gerstaecker (1856), but if they were to be re-identified as any other species the present action will ensure that Kossmann's name is unavailable).
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west Pacific Oceans (South Africa to Japan).
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), 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), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Coral reef, rock reef, subtidal.
Extra Ecological Information
Broken shell, coral and sponge, on muddy to sandy substrates, depth 20–100 m.
General References
Griffin, D.J.G. & Tranter, H. 1986. The Decapoda Brachyura of the Siboga Expedition. Part VIII. Majidae. Siboga Expéditie Monographie 39(c4): 1-335, 112 text-figs 22 pls [279]
History of changes
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| 10-May-2012 | 10-May-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |