Species Nectocarcinus integrifrons (Latreille, 1825)
Rough Rock Crab
- Portunus integrifrons Latreille, P.A. 1825. Encyclopédie Méthodique. Histoire Naturelle. Entomologie, ou Histoire naturelle des Crustacés, des Arachnides et des Insectes. Paris. Vol. 10. Pt 1. 832 pp. [192].
Type data:
Status unknown, Australia as ' Nouvelle Hollande'. - Nectocarcinus melanodactylus Milne Edwards, A. 1860. Histoire des Crustacés Podophthalmaires fossiles. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris Zool. 4 14: 129-293 pls 1-10 [220].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP ♂, Red Sea.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Stephenson, W. 1972. An annotated check list and key to the Indo-west Pacific swimming crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Portunidae). Bulletin of the Royal Society of New Zealand 10: 1-64 [21]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
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), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Low intertidal, sublittoral.
Extra Ecological Information
To 15 m depth.
General References
Dell, R.K., Griffin, D.J.G. & Yaldwyn, J.C. 1970. A new swimming crab from the New Zealand Subantarctic and a review of the genus Nectocarcinus A. Milne-Edwards. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 12(7): 49-68, 3 figs, 3 pls [60-62] (discussion of differences between N. integrifrons and N. tuberculosus)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04-Jun-2012 | 04-Jun-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 27-Mar-2012 | 27-Mar-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |