Species Pilodius spinipes Heller, 1861

Museums

Regional Maps

• Pilodius spinipes Heller, C. 1861. Synopsis der im rothen Meere vorkommenden Crustaceen. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 11: 3-32 [11-12].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMV (lost), Red Sea.
• Chlorodopsis woodmasoni Alcock, A. 1898. Materials for a Carcinological Fauna of India. No. 3. The Brachyura Cyclometopa. Part I. The Family Xanthidae. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 67(Pt 2 No. 1): 67-233 [170].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZSI 2032 ♂, Andamans.
• ?Cancer eurynome Herbst, J.F.W. 1801. Versuch einer Naturgeschichte der Krabben und Krebse nebst einer Systematischen Beischreibung ihrer Verschieden Arten. Berlin & Stralsund : Gottlieb August Lange Vol. 3 Pt 2 pp. 1–46 pls 51–54.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Clark, P.F. & Galil, B.S. 1993. A revision of the xanthid genus Pilodius Dana, 1851 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Xanthoidea). Journal of Natural History 27: 1119-1206 [1155]

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Red Sea, and Indian Ocean.

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, subtidal.

General References

Davie, P.J.F. & Short, J.W. 2001. Decapod Crustacea of North East Cay, Herald Cays, Coral Sea. pp. 75-86 in Comben, L. (ed.). Herald Cays Scientific Study Report, Geography Monograph Series No. 6. Brisbane : The Royal Geographical Society of Queensland Inc. 168 pp. (Australian record)

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