Species Pagurixus handrecki Gunn & Morgan, 1992
- Pagurixus handrecki Gunn, S.W. & Morgan, G.J. 1992. A new species of Pagurixus (Crustacea: Decapoda: Paguridae) from southern Australia. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 53(1): 31-41 [31 figs 1-4].
Type data:
Holotype NMV J20520 ♂, Southern Port Phillip Bay, VIC.
Paratype(s) NMV J16858 2 specimens, West Head, Flinders, Western Port, VIC; NMV J20530 1 specimen, Southern Port Phillip, VIC; NMV J20526 3 specimens, Southern Port Phillip, VIC; NMV J20532 ♂, Southern Port Phillip, VIC; NMV J20536 1 specimen, Bass Strait, off Lake Entrance, VIC; NMV J20535 1 specimen, Bass Strait, off lake Entrance, VIC; NMV J20529 1 specimen, Bicheno, E side of Waubs Bay, reef, TAS; NMV J20547 1 specimen, Bicheno, E side of Waubs Bay, reef, TAS; NMV J20373 2 specimens, central Bass Strait, Three Hummock Is., TAS; NMV J16854 1 specimen, E Bass Strait, between Barracouta oil rig and shore, VIC; NMV J20523 7 specimens, Flinders Reef, Western Port, VIC; NMV J20522 1 specimen, Somers, Western Port, VIC; NMV J8582 2 specimens, Ninepin Point, TAS; NMV J11444 1 specimen, Peggs Beach Coastal Reserve, TAS; NMV J20542 2 specimens, S Port Phillip, VIC; NMV J20543 1 specimen, S Port Phillip, VIC; NMV J20521 1 specimen, S Port Phillip, VIC; NMV J20545 2 specimens, S Port Phillip, VIC; NMV J20544 2 specimens, S Port Phillip, VIC; NMV J20531 19 specimens, S Port Phillip, VIC; NMV J20537 1 specimen, S Port Phillip, VIC; NMV J8714 2 specimens, W end of Small Bay SW of Randalls Bay, TAS; NMV J20541 3 specimens, Western Port, Shoreham, VIC; SAMA C4336; SAMA C4339; SAMA C4337; SAMA C4338; SAMA C4340; SAMA C4343; SAMA C4341; SAMA C4342; WAM 39-91; WAM 40-91; WAM 41-91; WAM 42-91; WAM 43-91; WAM 44-91; WAM 45-91; WAM 46-91; WAM 47-91; WAM 20-91; MNHP Pg.4869.
Distribution
States
South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, 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), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)
Ecological Descriptors
Coral reef, intertidal, subtidal.
Extra Ecological Information
Algae, coral and rubble, sponges and bryozoans, shell, depth to 42 m.
General References
Morgan, G.J. 1993. Three new species of Pagurixus (Crustacea, Decapoda, Paguridae) from Western Australia, with notes on other Australian species. pp. 163-181 in Wells, F.E., Walker, D.E., Kirkman, H. & Lethbridge, R. (eds). The Marine Flora and Fauna of Rottnest Island, Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum Vol. 1 634 pp. [175]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 24-Apr-2012 | 24-Apr-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |