Species Nematocarcinus proximatus Spence Bate, 1888
- Nematocarcinus proximatus Spence Bate, C. 1888. Report on the Crustacea Macrura collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 24: 1-942, i-xc figs 1-76 pls 1-150 [808 pl. 132 fig. 3].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH, Arafura Sea, south of New Guinea; BMNH, south-east of Sagami Bay, Honshu, Japan; BMNH, eastern Pacific off Islas Juan Fernandez, Chile; BMNH, eastern Pacific west of southern Chile;
Status unknown, BMNH.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-Pacific, Australian record is based on Challenger Arafura Sea specimens that were captured slightly to the north of Australian Territorial waters.
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26)
Ecological Descriptors
Bathypelagic, pelagic.
Extra Ecological Information
Depth 51 m (Arafura Sea), all others >2500 m.
General References
Chace, F.A., Jr 1986. The Caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda) of the Albatross Philippine Expedition, 1907–1910. Part 4: Families Oplophoridae and Nematocarcinidae. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 432: i-iv, 1-82 [73]
History of changes
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| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |