Species Pilumnus minutus De Haan, 1835
- Cancer (Pilumnus) minutus De Haan, W. 1835. Crustacea. 1-243 pls A-J, L-Q, 1-55, circ. tab. 2 in Von Siebold, P.F. (ed.). Fauna Japonica sive Descriptio Animalium, quae in Itinere per Japoniam, Jussu et Auspiciis Superiorum, qui Summum in India Batava Imperium Tenent, Suscepto, Annis 1823–1830 Collegit, Notis, Observationibus et Adumbrationibus Illustravit. Leiden : Lugundi-Batavorum. [published from 1833–1850] [50 pl. 3 fig. 2].
Type data:
Status unknown, Japan. - Pilumnus hirsutus Stimpson, W. 1858. Crustacea Cancroidea et Coryoidea: 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 IV. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 10: 31-40 [37].
Type data:
Holotype ♂ (presumed lost), 'Ousima' [Amami-Oshima Is.], Ryukyu Ils. - Pilumnus habererianus Doflein, F. 1902. Ostasiatische Dekapoden. Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften II Classe 21(3): 611-670 pls 1-6 [629 pl. 5 fig. 6].
Type data:
Status unknown, ZSMB (probable depository institution), Sagami Bay, Japan.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Takeda, M. & Miyake, S. 1968. Pilumnid crabs of the family Xanthidae from the West Pacific. I. Twenty-three species of the genus Pilumnus, with description of four new species. Ohmu. Occasional Papers of Zoological Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan 1(1): 1-60 figs 1-13 pls 1-4 [40]
Distribution
States
Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
East Indo-west Pacific Oceans (South Africa to Japan and New Caledonia).
IMCRA
Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Coral reef, low intertidal, rock reef, subtidal.
Extra Ecological Information
Sandy-mud and grit substrates, in crevices and fouling on rocks and dead coral, depth to 50 m.
General References
Campbell, B.M. & Stephenson, W. 1970. The sublittoral Brachyura (Crustacea: Decapoda) of Moreton Bay. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 15(4): 235-302 figs 1-49 pl. 22 1 table [282]
Morgan, G.J. 1990. A collection of Thalassinidea, Anomura and Brachyura (Crustacea: Decapoda) from the Kimberley region of northwestern Australia. Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 265: 1-90 [55] (figured)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 04-Jun-2012 | 04-Jun-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 10-May-2012 | 10-May-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |