Species Petrolisthes eldredgei Haig & Kropp, 1986
- Petrolisthes eldredgei Haig, J. & Kropp, R.K. 1986. Petrolisthes eldredgei, a new porcellanid crab from the Indo-West Pacific, with redescription of two related species. Micronesica 20(1–2): 171-186 figs 1-6 [180 figs 5, 6].
Type data:
Holotype USNM 216664 ♂, Eniwetok Island, Eniwetok Atoll, Marshall Islands.
Paratype(s) BPBM 510625 1♂ 3♀; USNM 222325 2♂ 5♀ 2 juveniles; USNM 222326 1♂; USNM 222327 1♂; USNM 222328 1♂ 1 juvenile; USNM 222329 1♂; USNM 222555 3♂ 2♀; AHF 2681-01 1♀; AHF 2682-01 1♀; AHF 2683-01 1♂; AHF 2684-01 1♂ 1♀; AHF 2685-01 1♀; AHF 2098-01 1♂ 2 juveniles; BMNH 1982:589 1♂.
Distribution
Extra Distribution Information
Cartier Reef, Pacific Ocean (Marshall, Mariana and Society Islands, Tuamotu Archipelago).
Other Regions
Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands
Ecological Descriptors
Coral reef, shallow subtidal.
Extra Ecological Information
Among crevices in consolidated coralline algae and similar algal structures along the seaward edge of reef margins.
General References
Short, J.W. & Davie, P.J.F. 1993. Decapod Crustacea. Non-Caridea. pp. 67-69, 123-127 in Russell, B.C. & Hanley, J.R. (eds). The Marine Biological Resources and Heritage Values of Cartier and Hibernia Reefs, Timor Sea. Report of the Northern Territory Museum Cartier and Hibernia Reefs Expedition, May 1992. Darwin : Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences 180 pp. 26 pls. [124]
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
| 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) |