Species Cycloachelous orbitosinus (Rathbun, 1911)
- Portunus (Achelous) orbitosinus Rathbun, M.J. 1911. Reports of the Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905, under the leadership of Mr. J. Stanley Gardiner. Vol. III. No. XI. Marine Brachyura. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London Zool. 14(2): 191-261, text-figs 1, 2 pls 15-20 [205 pl. 15 fig. 11].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1912.2.10.5 unknown number of dry specimens, Cargados Carajos, Seychelles, and Amirantha Islands.
Distribution
States
Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west Pacific Oceans (Madagascar to Japan and French Polynesia).
IMCRA
Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, sand bottom, sublittoral.
Extra Ecological Information
Also coarse substrates of coral rubble or shell, depths to 75 m.
General References
Nguyen, T. S. & Ng, P. K. 2010. A new genus of the family Portunidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) and the identity of Portunus (Cycloachelous) yoronensis Sakai, 1974. Zootaxa 2677: 38-48 [40]
Stephenson, W. & Campbell, B. 1959. The Australian Portunids (Crustacea: Portunidae) III. The genus Portunus. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 10(1): 84-124 pls 1-5 [113]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04-Jun-2012 | 04-Jun-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 21-Sep-2011 | 21-Sep-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 27-Jul-2011 | 27-Jul-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 26-Jul-2011 | 26-Jul-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |