Species Panulirus polyphagus (Herbst, 1793)
Mud Spiny Lobster (Fao)
- Cancer (Astacus) polyphagus Herbst, J.F.W. 1793. Versuch einer Naturgeschichte der Krabben und Krebse nebst einer Systematischen Beischreibung ihrer Verschieden Arten. Berlin & Stralsund Vol. 2 Pt 3 pp. 79–98 pls 30–33. [90 pl. 32].
Type data:
Holotype ZMB Herbst 1973 ♂, 'Das Vaterland ist Ostindien' (most likely in the vicinity of Tranquebar, south-east India). - Palinurus fasciatus Fabricius, J.C. 1798. Supplementum Entomologiae Systematicae. Hafniae : Proft et Storch ii 573 pp. [401].
Type data:
Syntype(s) 3 specimens, Tranquebar, SE India.Type locality references:
Holthuis, L.B. 1991. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 13. Marine lobsters of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species of interest to fisheries known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125, 13: i-viii, 1-292 [153]. - Panulirus orientalis Doflein, F. 1900. Weitere Mitteilungen über dekapode Crustaceen der k. bayerischen Staats-sammlungen. S.-B. Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 30: 125-145 figs 1-3 [130].
Type data:
Holotype ZSMB (probably lost, not located in 1989), originally stated as Japan, but now considered to be unknown.Type locality references:
Holthuis, L.B. 1991. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 13. Marine lobsters of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species of interest to fisheries known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125, 13: i-viii, 1-292 [153].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Holthuis, L.B. 1991. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 13. Marine lobsters of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species of interest to fisheries known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125, 13: i-viii, 1-292 [131, 152]
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west Pacific Oceans.
IMCRA
Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Rock bottom, sublittoral.
Extra Ecological Information
Often found in river mouths, in turbid water, depth range 3 to 90 m.
General References
Holthuis, L.B. 1946. Biological results of the Snellius Expedition XIV. The Decapoda Macrura of the Snellius Expedition. I. The Stenopodidae, Nephropsidae, Scyllaridae and Palinuridae. Temminckia 7: 1-177 11 pls [136] (full synonymy)
History of changes
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| 10-May-2012 | 10-May-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 03-Jun-2010 | MODIFIED |