Genus Myomenippe Hilgendorf, 1879

Museums

Regional Maps

• Myomenippe Hilgendorf, F. 1879. Die von Herrn W. Peters in Moçambique gesammelten Crustaceen, bearbeitet von Herrn Dr. F. Hilgendorf. Monatsberichte der Deutschen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1878: 782-851 pls 1-4 [795] [gender feminine].

  Type species:

   Menippe fornasinii Bianconi, 1851 by monotypy.
• Pararupellia Haswell, W.A. 1881. On some new Australian Brachyura. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 6(3): 540-551 [546] [gender feminine].

  Type species:

   Pararuppellia saxicola Haswell, 1881 by monotypy.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Davie, P. 2002. Crustacea: Malacostraca: Eucarida (Part 2): Decapoda—Anomura, Brachyura. In Wells, A. & Houston, W.W.K. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 19.3B. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia xiv 641 pp. [177]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific Oceans (east Africa to Indo-Malaysian region).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

General References

Serène, R. 1984. Crustacés Décapodes Brachyoures de l'Océan Indien occidental et de la Mer Rouge. Xanthoidea: Xanthidae et Trapeziidae. Avec un addendum par Crosnier, A.: Carpilliidae et Menippidae. Faune Tropicale 24: 1-400 figs A-C, 1-243 pls 1-48 [307] (key to species)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
04-Jun-2012		04-Jun-2012	MOVED
27-Mar-2012		27-Mar-2012	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)