Genus Pachygrapsus Randall, 1840
- Pachygrapsus Randall, J.W. 1840. Catalogue of the Crustacea brought by Thomas Nuttall and J.K. Townsend, from the West Coast of North America and the Sandwich Islands, with descriptions of such species as are apparently new, among which are included several species of different localities, previously existing in the Collection of the Academy. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 8(1): 106-147 pls 3-7 [126] [gender masculine].
Type species:
Pachygrapsus crassipes Randall, 1840 by subsequent designation, see Kingsley, J.S. 1880. Carcinological Notes. No. 4. Synopsis of the Grapsidae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 32: 187-224 [198]. - Goniograpsus Dana, J.D. 1851. Conspectus Crustacearum quae in Orbis Terrarum circumnavigatione, Carolo Wilkes e classe Reipublicae Foederatae Duce, lexit et descriptsit J.D. Dana. Crustacea Grapsoidea, (Cyclometopa, Edwardsii). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 5: 247-254 [247, 249] [gender masculine].
Type species:
Goniograpsus innotatus Dana, 1851 by subsequent designation, see Manning, R.B. & Holthuis, L.B. 1981. West African Brachyuran Crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 306: i-xii, 1-379 figs 1-88, 2 appendices [233] (= Pachygrapsus transversus).
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Manning, R.B. & Holthuis, L.B. 1981. West African Brachyuran Crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 306: i-xii, 1-379 figs 1-88, 2 appendices [233]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.
IMCRA
Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Lord Howe Province (14), Timor Province (2), Norfolk Island Province (21), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23), Northwest Transition (3), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4)
Other Regions
Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands
General References
Poupin, C., Davie, P.J.F. & Cexus, J.-C. 2005. A revision of the genus Pachygrapsus Randall, 1840 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura, Grapsidae), with special reference to the Southwest Pacific species. Zootaxa 1015: 1–66
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05-Dec-2019 | DECAPODA Latreille, 1802 | 02-Aug-2018 | MODIFIED | Dr Shane Ahyong |
| 04-Jun-2012 | 04-Jun-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 10-May-2012 | 10-May-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |