Species Paguristes sulcatus Baker, 1905
Hairy-legged Hermit Crab
- Paguristes sulcatus Baker, W.H. 1905. Notes on South Australian Decapod Crustacea. Part III. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 29: 252-269 [258 pl. 34 fig. 1].
Type data:
Syntype(s) SAMA, Port Willunga, SA; AM P156, Port Willunga, SA.
Distribution
States
South Australia, 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)
Ecological Descriptors
Littoral, sublittoral.
Extra Ecological Information
Usually associated with rock or rock-sand habitats, depth to 25 m.
General References
Hale, H.M. 1927. The Crustaceans of South Australia. Eumalacostraca. Adelaide : Government Printer Vol. 1 201 pp., 202 figs. (description and illustration)
Morgan, G.J. 1989. The hermit crabs (Decapoda: Anomura: Diogenidae, Paguridae) of southwestern Australia, with descriptions of two new species. Records of the Australian Museum 14(3): 391-417 [394]
History of changes
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| 24-Apr-2012 | 24-Apr-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |