Species Pilumnus vespertilio (Fabricius, 1793)
- Cancer vespertilio Fabricius, J.C. 1793. Entomologia Systematica Emendata et Aucta. Secundum, Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, adjectis synonimis [sic], locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Hafniae : Christ. Gottl. Proft. Vol. 2 viii 519 pp. [463].
Type data:
Syntype(s) UZM, India. - Pilumnus ursulus Adams, A. & White, A. 1849. Crustacea. Part II. 33-67 pls 7-13 in Adams, A. (ed.). The Zoology of the Vogage of H.M.S. Samarang; under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C.B.F.R.A.S., F.G.S. during the years 1843-1846. London : Reeve, Benham & Reeve. [45 pl. 9 fig. 6].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH ♂, Eastern Seas. - Actaea dentata Edmondson, C.H. 1935. New and rare Polynesian Crustacea. Occasional Papers of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum 10(24): 3-40 figs 1-11 pls 1-2 [29 pl. 1 fig. B, text-figs].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BPBM 3847 ♂, Tongatabu.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- 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 [192]
- McNeill, F.A. 1968. Crustacea, Decapoda & Stomatopoda. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 7(1): 1-98 pls 1-2 [63]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west central Pacific Oceans (South Africa to Japan and east to Hawai'i).
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Coral reef, low intertidal, reef flat, rocky shore, shallow subtidal.
Extra Ecological Information
Sheltered shores, under rocks and in holes and crevices, in shallow pools, active when exposed by tides.
General References
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]
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) |