Species Remiarctus bertholdii (Paul'son, 1875)
Two-spot Locust Lobster (Fao)
- Scyllarus bertholdii Paul'son, O.M. 1875. Studies on Crustacea of the Red Sea with Notes regarding other Seas. Part I. Podophthalmata and Edriophthalmata (Cumacea). Jerusalem : The Israel Program for Scientific Translations 164 pp. 21 pls. [reissued and translated by F.D. Por, 1961] [97] [nom. nov. for S. haanii Berthold, 1845].
- Scyllarus sinensis White, A. 1847. List of the Specimens of Crustacea in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum viii 143 pp. [Date published Apr/1847] [67] [nom. nud.].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH, China. - Scyllarus haani Berthold, A.A. 1845. Ueber verschiedene neue oder seltene Reptilien aus Neu Granada und Crustaceen aus China. Nachrichten von der Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen 1845: 37-49 [45] [junior homonym of Scyllarus haani De Haan, 1841].
Type data:
Lectotype RMNH D5518 ♀, China.
Paralectotype(s) SMF 7 MG 233 ♀, Mare Indicum.Subsequent designation references:
Holthuis, L.B. 1991. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 13. Marine lobsters of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species of interest to fisheries known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125, 13: i-viii, 1-292 [221] (under the name of S. bertholdii Paulson, 1875; this specimen listed as a syntype of S. haanii Berthold, by[66]).
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Holthuis, L.B. 1991. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 13. Marine lobsters of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species of interest to fisheries known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125, 13: i-viii, 1-292 [221]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
East Indo-west Pacific Oceans (Indonesia to China).
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental shelf, sublittoral.
Extra Ecological Information
Found on soft substrate including coralline algae, depth 15 to 150 m, usually 40 to 75 m.
General References
Chan, T.Y. & Yu, H.P. 1986. A report on the Scyllarus Lobsters (Crustacea: Decapoda: Scyllaridae) from Taiwan. Journal of the Taiwan Museum 39(2): 147-174, text-figs 1, 2 pls 1-10
Holthuis, L.B. 1946. Biological results of the Snellius Expedition XIV. The Decapoda Macrura of the Snellius Expedition. I. The Stenopodidae, Nephropsidae, Scyllaridae and Palinuridae. Temminckia 7: 1-177 11 pls [94] (full synonymy)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 29-Mar-2012 | 29-Mar-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 29-Mar-2012 | 02-Feb-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 10-May-2012 | 18-Apr-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 03-Jun-2010 | MODIFIED |