Species Pachygrapsus plicatus (H. Milne Edwards, 1837)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Grapsus plicatus Milne Edwards, H. 1837. Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés, comprenant l'anatomie, la physiologie et la classification de ces animaux. Paris : Libraire Encyclopedique de Roret Vol. 2 532 pp., Atlas 32 pp., 42 pls. [89].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) RMNH D42234 3 dry specimens ('type' ?), Indonesia, Java; RMNH D42235 2 dry specimens ('type' ?), Indonesia, Java; RMNH D45029 9 dry specimens ('type' ?), Indonesia, Java; RMNH D45030 mouthparts of 'type' of RMNH D45029, Indonesia, Java; MNHP (probable depository institution), Hawai'i (as Sandwich Is.).

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west central Pacific Oceans (East Africa to Japan, Hawai'i, and New Caledonia).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23)

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, low intertidal, rock reef, rocky shore.

 

General References

Crosnier, A. 1965. Crustacés Décapodes, Grapsidae et Ocypodidae. Faune de Madagascar XVIII: 1-143 pls 1-11, text-figs 1-260 [27]

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 [37]

 

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)