Species Austrothelphusa agassizi (Rathbun, 1905)
- Potamon (Geothelphusa) agassizi Rathbun, M.J. 1905. Les crabs d'eau douce (Potamonidae). Part 2. Nouvelles Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris 4 7: 159-323, text-figs 38-105 pls 13-22 [211 pl. 18 fig. 2].
Type data:
Holotype MCZ 6309 ♂, Lizard Island, off coast of N QLD. - Geothelphusa leichardti plana McCulloch, A.R. 1917. Studies in Australian Crustacea No. 4. Records of the Australian Museum 11(11): 231-238 [236 pl. 42 fig. 5].
Type data:
Holotype AM P4110 ♂, Eureka Creek, Walsh River, QLD.
Paratype(s) AM G1091; AM P1954; AM P4111; AM P4112.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Bishop, J.A. 1963. The Australian freshwater crabs of the family Potamonidae (Crustacea: Decapoda). Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 14: 218-238 [227]
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
From Ravenshoe west to Walsh River, near Chillagoe, and north to Iron Range in the east, and Archer River in the west.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Burrower, freshwater.
General References
Riek, E.F. 1951. The Freshwater Crayfish (Family Parastacidae) of Queensland. Records of the Australian Museum 22(4): 368-388 [353]
Short, J.W. 1994. A new species of freshwater crab (Sundathelphusidae) from Cape York Peninsula. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 35(1): 235-240
Springthorpe, R.T. & Lowry, J.K. 1993. Catalogue of Crustacean type specimens in the Australian Museum: Malacostraca. Technical Reports of the Australian Museum 11: 1-134 [103-104] (invalid designation of lectotype for Geothelphusa leichardti plana McCulloch; the caption to pl. 42 fig. 5 clearly designates the figured and identified male specimen as the 'type of variety')
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04-Jun-2012 | 04-Jun-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 10-May-2012 | 10-May-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |