Species Mictyris platycheles H. Milne Edwards, 1852
- Mictyris platycheles Milne Edwards, H. 1852. De la famille des ocypodides (Ocypodidae). Second Mémoire, in, Observations sur les affinités zoologiques et la classification naturelle des Crustacés. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris Zoology 18: 128-166 pls 3, 4 [154].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MNHP, Port Western, VIC [?Westernport].
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)
Ecological Descriptors
Burrower, intertidal flats, muddy sand.
Extra Ecological Information
Form droving armies on surface at low tide.
General References
McNeill, F.A. 1926. Studies in Australian Carcinology. No 2. A revision of the family Mictyridae, the status and synonymy of the genus Megametope and its contained species. Records of the Australian Museum 15(1): 100-131 4 figs pls 9, 10
Takeda, M. 1978. Soldier Crabs from Australia and Japan. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo A (Zool.) 4(1): 31-38 [36] (figures and description)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 04-Jun-2012 | 04-Jun-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 10-May-2012 | 10-May-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |