Species Rhinolambrus pelagicus (Rüppell, 1830)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Lambrus pelagicus Rüppell, E. 1830. Beschreibung und Abbildung von 24 Arten kurzschwänzigen Krabben, als Beitrag zur Naturgeschichte des rothen Meeres. Frankfurt am Main : H.L. Brönner 28 pp. pls 1-6. [15 pl. 4 fig. 1].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) SMF, Red Sea.
• Lambrus affinis Milne Edwards, A. 1872. Recherches sur la faune carcinologique de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Pt. I. Groupe des Oxyrhynches. Nouvelles Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris 8: 229-267 pls 10-14 [261 pl. 14 fig. 4, 4a-c].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) RMNH D696 ♀, New Caledonia.
• Parthenope (Parthenope) melana Rathbun, M.J. 1907. Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the tropical Pacific, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer "Albatross", from August,1899, to March, 1900, Commander Jefferson F. Moser, U.S.N., commanding. IX. Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the eastern tropical Pacific, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer "Albatross", from October, 1904, to March, 1905, Lieut.-Commander L.M. Garrett, U.S.N., commanding. X. The Brachyura. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 35(2): 23-74 pls 1-9 [66 pl. 5 fig. 6, pl. 6 fig. 2].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 32857 ♀, Mela, Caroline Ils.
• Lambrus (Rhinolambrus) latifrons Flipse, H.J. 1930. Die Decapoda Brachyura der Siboga-Expedition. VI. Oxyrhyncha: Parthenopidae. Siboga-Expéditie Report 112(39c): 1-96, text-figs 1-44 [35 fig. 30].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMA ♀, 'Bima-Strand', Indonesia (Siboga Stn 47).
• Lambrus rhombicus Dana, 1852.
• Lambrus affinis heraldicus 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] [18].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Sakai, T. 1976. Crabs of Japan and the Adjacent Seas. Tokyo : Kodansha 3 vols xxix 773 pp. [English vol.]; 1–16, 251 pls [Plates vol.]; 461 pp. [Japanese vol.]. [273]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Tropical Indo-Pacific Oceans (East Africa to Japan, Philippines, Samoa, New Caledonia).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

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, muddy sand, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth 50–100 m.

 

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)