Species Petrolisthes moluccensis (de Man, 1888)
- Porcellana moluccensis de Man, J.G. 1888. Bericht über die von Herrn Dr. J. Brock im indischen Archipel gesammelten Decapoden und Stomatopoden. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 53(1): 215-600 pls 7-22, 22a [for publication date Clark, P.F., Harrison, K. & Goodman, S.L. 1990. Brock's Indian Archipelago Decapoda and Stomatopoda by De Man: 1887 or 1888?. Arch. Nat. Hist. 17(1): 79–80] [411 pl. 12 fig. 5].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ZMA (probable depository institution), Amboina, Indonesia.
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west Pacific Oceans (Mauritius, Seychelles, Red Sea, east to Indonesia, Palau and Ryukyu Islands).
IMCRA
Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, coral reef, low intertidal, reef flat, shallow subtidal.
General References
Haig, J. 1965. The Porcellanidae (Crustacea, Anomura) of Western Australia, with descriptions of four new Australian species. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 48(4): 97-118 [99]
Haig, J. 1987. Porcellanid crabs from the Coral Sea. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 4(1): 11-14 [12]
History of changes
| 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) |