Genus Mursia Desmarest, 1823

Museums

Regional Maps

• Mursia Desmarest, A.G. 1823. Crustacés Malacostracés. In, Levrault, F.G. & Le Normant (eds) Dictionnaire des Sciences naturelles. Vol. 4. pp. 138-425, atlas, pls 1-58 [231].

  Type species:

   Mursia cristiata H. Milne Edwards, 1837 by subsequent designation, see Galil, B.S. 1993. Crustacea Decapoda: A revision of the genus Mursia Desmarest, 1823 (Calappidae). pp. 347-379 in Crosnier, A. Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, Volume 10. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] 156: 1-491.
• Thealia Lucas, P.H. 1839. Observations sur un nouveau genre de Crustacés de l'Ordre des décapodes brachyures. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 8: 573-581 [577].

  Type species:

   Thealia acanthophora Lucas, 1839 by monotypy.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Galil, B.S. 1993. Crustacea Decapoda: A revision of the genus Mursia Desmarest, 1823 (Calappidae). pp. 347-379 in Crosnier, A. Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, Volume 10. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] 156: 1-491 [348]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific Oceans.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Distribution References

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)