Species Petrolisthes tomentosus (Dana, 1852)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Porcellana penicillata Heller, C. 1862. Neue Crustaceen, gesammelt während der Weltumseglung der k.k. Fregatte Novarra: Zweiter vorläufiger Bericht. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 12: 519-528 [523].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) NHMW (redescribed by Lewinsohn, C. 1979. Researches on the coast of Somalia. The shore and the dune of Sar Uanle. 23. Porcellanidae (Crustacea Decapoda Anomura). Monitore Zoologico Italiano Suppl. 1(6): 39–57, fig. 1 [45]), Nicobar Ils.
• Porcellana villosa Richters, F. 1880. Decapoda. In, Möbius, K.A. Beiträge zur Meeresfauna der Insel Mauritius und der Seychellen, bearbeitet von K. Möbius, F. Richters und E. von Martens. Berlin. 137-178 pls 15-18 [160 pl. 17 figs 11, 12].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMB (probable depository institution), Mauritius or Seychelles.
• Porcellana tomentosa Dana, J.D. 1852. Crustacea, Part 1. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, under the command of Charles Wilkes, U. S. N. 13(1): 1-685 [420 pl. 26 fig. 10].

  Type data:

   Neotype USNM 190776 ♀, Tahiti.

  Subsequent designation 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 [453].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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 [453]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west central Pacific Oceans.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, coral reef, low intertidal, shallow subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

Under rocks, on dead coral, or around base of living coral, to 11 m depth.

 

General References

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)
24-Apr-2012		24-Apr-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)