Genus Percnon Gistel, 1848
- Percnon Gistel, J. 1848. Naturgeschichte des Thierreichs für höhere schulen bearbeitet. Stuttgart xvi 216 pp., 32 pls. [viii] [nom. nov. for Acanthopus De Haan, 1833; gender neuter].
Type species:
Cancer planissimus Herbst, 1804 by subsequent designation, see Rathbun, M.J. 1918. The grapsoid crabs of America. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 97: i-xxii 1-461, text-figs 1-172 pls 1-161. - Acanthopus De Haan, W. 1833. Crustacea. i-xvii, i-xxxi, ix-xvi, 1-243 pls A-J, in Von Siebold, P.F. (ed.). Fauna Japonica sive Descriptio Animalium, quae in Itinere per Japoniam, Jussu et Auspiciis Superiorum, qui Summum in India Batava Imperium Tenent, Suscepto, Annis 1823–1830 Collegit, Notis, Observationibus et Adumbrationibus Illustravit. Leiden : Lugduni-Batavorum. [published from 1833–1850] [5] [junior homonym of Acanthopus Klug, 1807 (Hymenoptera); established without included species; the first species assigned to the genus by de Haan (1835: 29) were Plagusia clavimana Latreille, 1806, Cancer planissimus Herbst, 1804 (as a synonym of P. clavimana) and Plagusia serripes Lamarck, 1818; gender neuter].
Type species:
Cancer planissimus Herbst, 1804 by subsequent designation, see Rathbun, M.J. 1918. The grapsoid crabs of America. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 97: i-xxii 1-461, text-figs 1-172 pls 1-161 [337]. - Leiolophus Miers, E.J. 1876. Catalogue of the Stalk- and Sessile-eyed Crustacea of New Zealand. London : Colonial Museum and Geological Survey Department, Jensen xxi 136 pp. 3 pls. [46] [nom. nov. for Acanthopus De Haan, 1833; gender masculine].
Type species:
Cancer planissimus Herbst, 1804 by subsequent designation. - Liolophus Alcock, A. 1900. Materials for a Carcinological Fauna of India. No. 6. The Brachyura Catametopa, or Grapsoidea. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 69(Pt 2 No. 3): 279-456 [439] [emendation of Leiolophus Miers, 1876].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Manning, R.B. & Holthuis, L.B. 1981. West African Brachyuran Crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 306: i-xii, 1-379 figs 1-88, 2 appendices [237]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-Pacific Oceans.
IMCRA
Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Timor Province (2), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23), Northwest Transition (3), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Other Regions
Coral Sea Islands Territory, Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands
General References
Crosnier, A. 1965. Crustacés Décapodes, Grapsidae et Ocypodidae. Faune de Madagascar XVIII: 1-143 pls 1-11, text-figs 1-260 [83] (key to species)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04-Jun-2012 | 04-Jun-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 26-Mar-2012 | 26-Mar-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |