Species Petrolisthes pubescens Stimpson, 1858
- Petrolisthes pubescens Stimpson, W. 1858. Crustacea Anomura: Prodromus descriptionis animalium evertebratorum, quae in Expeditione ad Oceanum Pacificum Septentrionalem, a Republica Federata missa, Cadwaladaro Ringgold et Johanne Rodgers Ducibus, observavit et descripsit W. Stimpson. Pars VII. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 10: 225-252 [228, 241].
Type data:
Syntype(s) (presumed lost), Foukow Bay [Nase Bay), Amami O Shima, Ryukyu Islands, Japan.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west Pacific Oceans.
IMCRA
Christmas Island Province (23), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Distribution References
- Osawa, M. 2014. Porcellanidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) from Christmas and Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement 30: 255–262 [Date published 25 Dec 2014] [260]
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, low intertidal, shallow subtidal.
Extra Ecological Information
Found under stones and coral.
General References
Kropp, R.K. 1986. A neotype designation for Petrolisthes tomentosus (Dana), and description of Petrolisthes heterochrous, new species, from the Mariana Islands (Anomura: Porcellanidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 99: 452-463 [455] (diagnostic characters to distinguish from P. tomentosus (Dana 1852))
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) |