Species Percnon planissimum (Herbst, 1804)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cancer planissimus Herbst, J.F.W. 1804. Versuch einer Naturgeschichte der Krabben und Krebse nebst einer Systematischen Beischreibung ihrer Verschieden Arten. Berlin & Stralsund Vol. 3 Pt 4 pp. 1–49 pls 59–62. [3 pl. 59 fig. 3].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMB Herbst 2237 ♀, East India.
• Percnon demani Ward, M. 1935. Notes on a collection of crabs from Christmas Island, Indian Ocean. Bulletin of the Raffles Museum 9: 5-28 pls 1-3 [Dated as 1934 but published in Feb 1935, see Low & Tan (2009)] [nom. nud., see Tweedie, M.W.F. 1947. On the Brachyura of Christmas Island. Bulletin of the Raffles Museum, Singapore 18: 27–42, text-fig. 1 (34)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s).

  Secondary source:

   Tweedie, M.W.F. 1947. On the Brachyura of Christmas Island. Bulletin of the Raffles Museum 18: 27-42, text-fig. 1.
• Plagusia clavimana Latreille, P.A. 1806. Genera Crustaceorum et Insectorum secundum ordinem naturalem in famlias disposita, iconibus exemplisque plurimus explicita. Paris : König Vol. 1 xviii 302 pp. pls 1–16. [34].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, not determined.
• Plagusia serripes Lamarck, J.B.P.A. 1818. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans vertèbres, présentant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent; précédée d'une Introduction offrant la Détermination des caractères essentiels de l'Animal, sa distinction du végétal et des autres corps naturelles, enfin, l'Exposition des Principes fondamentaux de la Zoologie. Vol. 5. 612 pp. [247].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, not determined.
• Acanthopus tenuifrons Milne Edwards, H. 1853. Mémoires sur la famille des Ocypodiens, suite. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris Zoology 3 20: 163-228 pls 6-11 [180].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MNHP 2 specimens, Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Ils, French Polynesia.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Sakai, T. 1976. Crabs of Japan and the Adjacent Seas. Tokyo : Kodansha 3 vols xxix 773 pp. [English vol.]; 1–16, 251 pls [Plates vol.]; 461 pp. [Japanese vol.]. [676]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Cartier Is., Indo-Pacific Oceans (East Africa to Japan and east to Hawai'i and Cape Verde Islands).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory, Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, low intertidal, rock reef, rocky shore, shallow subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

On rocks.

 

General References

Crosnier, A. 1965. Crustacés Décapodes, Grapsidae et Ocypodidae. Faune de Madagascar XVIII: 1-143 pls 1-11, text-figs 1-260 [90] (figures)

 

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)