Species Ocypode pallidula Jacquinot, 1846

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ocypode pallidula Jacquinot, H. in Hombron, J.B. & Jacquinot, H. 1846. Atlas d'Histoire Naturelle Zoologie par MM. Hombron et Jacquinot, chirurgiens de l'expédition. In, Voyage au pôle sud et dans l'Océanie sur les Corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée; exécuté par ordre du roi pendant les années 1837-1838-1839-1840 sous les commandement de M. Dumont d'Urville capitaine de vaisseau publié sous les auspices du département de la marine et sous la direction superieure de M. Jacquinot, capitaine de Vaisseau, commandant de La Zelee. Livraison 17.; Oiseaux pls 18, 29; Crustacés pl. 6; Insectes pls 9, 18. Paris : Gide. [pl. 6 fig. 1].

  Type data:

   Lectotype MNHP B4027S ♀, Mangarewa, Gambier Is., Tuamotu Archipelago.
  Paralectotype(s) MNHP B4027S 1♀, Mangarewa, Gambier Is., Tuamotu Archipelago; MNHP B3307S 1♂; MNHP B3307S ♂, Mangarewa, Gambier Is., Tuamotu Archipelago.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Sakai, K. & Türkay, M. 1976. Bemerkungen zu einigen Ocypode-Arten (Crustacea: Decapoda). Senckenbergiana Biologica 57(1/3): 81-96 [87].
• Ocypoda laevis Dana, J.D. 1852. Crustacea, Part 1. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, under the command of Charles Wilkes, U. S. N. 13(1): 1-685 [325 pl. 20 fig. 2].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Hawai'i (as Sandwich Islands).

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Jones, D.S. 1988. The occurrence of Ocypode pallidula Jacquinot (Decapoda, Brachyura) in Australia and the Coral Sea. Crustaceana 54(1): 33-38 [34]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west central Pacific Oceans.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Cape Province (20), Norfolk Island Province (21), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Burrower, coral reef, predator, sand substrate, supratidal.

Extra Ecological Information

Offshore coral cays and sand banks.

 

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)