Genus Nannastacus Spence Bate, 1865

Museums

Regional Maps

• Nannastacus Spence Bate, C. 1865. Carcinological gleanings. No. 1. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3 15: 81-88 pl. 1 [86].

  Type species:

   Nannastacus binoculoides Bate, 1865 by monotypy.
• Diops Paulson, O.M. 1875. Researches on the Crustacea of the Red Sea, with Remarks Concerning the Crustacea of Other Seas. Part 1. Podophthalmata and Edriophthalmata (Cumacea). Kiev : publisher unknown Vol. 14 144 pp., 21 pls. [in Russian] [128] [junior homonym of Diops Taczanowski, 1873].

  Type species:

   Diops parvulus Paulson, 1875 by subsequent designation, see Bacescu, M. 1992. Pars 8. Cumacea II. (Fam. Nannastacidae, Diastylidae, Pseudocumatidae, Gynodiastylidae et Ceratocumatidae). pp. 175-468 in Gruner, H.-E. & Holthuis, L.B. (eds). Crustaceorum Catalogus. The Hague : SPB Academic Publishing. [233].
• Paranannastacus Stebbing, T.R.R. 1912. The Sympoda. Annals of the South African Museum 10: 129-176 pls 49-64 [164].

  Type species:

   Nannastacus reptans Calman, 1911 by subsequent designation, see Bacescu, M. 1992. Pars 8. Cumacea II. (Fam. Nannastacidae, Diastylidae, Pseudocumatidae, Gynodiastylidae et Ceratocumatidae). pp. 175-468 in Gruner, H.-E. & Holthuis, L.B. (eds). Crustaceorum Catalogus. The Hague : SPB Academic Publishing. [233].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Bacescu, M. 1992. Pars 8. Cumacea II. (Fam. Nannastacidae, Diastylidae, Pseudocumatidae, Gynodiastylidae et Ceratocumatidae). pp. 175-468 in Gruner, H.-E. & Holthuis, L.B. (eds). Crustaceorum Catalogus. The Hague : SPB Academic Publishing. [233]

 

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications

NANNASTACIDAE: Nannastacus gibbosus Calman, 1911 — Hale, H.M. 1936. Cumacea from a South Australian reef. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 5: 404-438 (recorded this species); Hale, H.M. 1945. Australian Cumacea. No. 9 The family Nannastacidae. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 8: 145-218 (excluded this species, Australian records now as Nannastacus inflatus Hale, 1945)

NANNASTACIDAE: Nannastacus hanseni Calman, 1905 — Hale, H.M. 1936. Cumacea from a South Australian reef. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 5: 404-438 (recorded this species); Hale, H.M. 1945. Australian Cumacea. No. 9 The family Nannastacidae. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 8: 145-218 (excluded this species as Nannastacus asper Hale, 1945)

NANNASTACIDAE: Nannastacus zimmeri Calman, 1911 — Hale, H.M. 1936. Cumacea from a South Australian reef. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 5: 404-438 (recorded this species); Hale, H.M. 1945. Australian Cumacea. No. 9 The family Nannastacidae. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 8: 145-218 (excluded this species, Australian records now as Nannastacus inflatus Hale, 1945 and Nannastacus subinflatus Hale, 1945)

 

Distribution

States

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

Extra Distribution Information

Temperate and tropical areas of Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

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), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), 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)

Distribution References

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Jun-2023	NANNASTACIDAE Bate, 1866	15-Jun-2023	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	PERACARIDA Calman, 1904	02-Mar-2023	MODIFIED	Lauren Timms (NMV) Dr Genefor Walker-Smith (NMV)
05-Apr-2019	NANNASTACIDAE Bate, 1866	15-Jun-2023	MODIFIED
06-Mar-2013		15-Jun-2023	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022		15-Jun-2023	MODIFIED
		15-Jun-2023	MODIFIED