Family SPONGICOLIDAE Schram, 1986
Compiler and date details
May 2012 - Peter Davie, Queensland Museum, Brisbane
- Spongicolidae Schram, F.R. 1986. Crustacea. London, New York : Oxford University Press 606 pp. [284].
Introduction
This family of small, spiny, shrimp-like decapods comprises five genera worldwide. Two genera are represented in Australian waters, each by one speices. Holthuis (1993) provided a key to genera.
Diagnosis
Stenopodidea with body more or less depressed; propodus of second maxilliped with rounded, unarmed, ventral margin; exopod of third maxilliped typically absent or only rudimentary; telson rounded, short or long, but broad, triangular, subtriangular, or subquadrangular, ending in three to five subequal spines; uropodal endopod usually with a single longitudinal dorsal ridge. Chelate appendages with chitinous ridges distally on cutting edges, rarely with few small sharp teeth; propodus of third pereiopod broad, if long, robust not slender. Branchial formula variable, composed of 11-19 branchial exites. (J.W. Goy in litt.)
General References
History of changes
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- Microprosthema Stimpson, W. 1860. Crustacea Macrura. Pars VIII of Prodromus descriptionis animalium evertebratorum, quae in Expeditione ad Oceanum Pacificum Septentrionalem, a Republica Federata missa, Cadwaladaro Ringgold et Johanne Rodgers Ducibus, observavit et descripsit. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 12: 22-47 [44] [gender neuter].
Type species:
Microprosthema valida Stimpson, 1860 by monotypy. - Stenopusculus Richters, F. 1880. Decapoda. In, Möbius, K.A. Beiträge zur Meeresfauna der Insel Mauritius und der Seychellen, bearbeitet von K. Möbius, F. Richters und E. von Martens. Berlin. 137-178 pls 15-18 [167] [gender masculine].
Type species:
Stenopusculus crassimanus Richters, 1880 by subsequent designation, see Holthuis, L.B. 1955. The recent genera of the caridean and stenopodidean shrimps (Class Crustacea, Order Decapoda, Supersection Natantia) with keys for their determination. Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 26: 1-157 (= Microprosthema validum Stimpson, 1860).
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Tropical Indo-west Pacific and east Pacific Oceans.
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Distribution References
History of changes
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| 03-Jun-2010 | MODIFIED |
- Microprosthema ningaloo Saito, T. & Anker, A. 2014. Two new species and new records of Microprosthema Stimpson, 1860 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Stenopodidea: Spongicolidae) from the Indo-West Pacific. Zootaxa 3857(2): 183–206 [185].
Type data:
Holotype WAM C55835 ov. ♀, Western Australia, Ningaloo Reef, Norwegian Channel [22°61.86S 113°63.68E5].
Paratype(s) WAM C55836 ♂ (as allotype), data as for holotype; FLMNH-UF Arthropoda 27915 1 ov. ♀, Ningaloo Reef, Norwegian Channel [22°67.04S 113°64.96E]; FLMNH-UF UF 27706 1♂, Ningaloo Reef, Norwegian Channel [22°67.04S 113°64.96E].
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Northwest Province (4)
History of changes
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| Microprosthema Stimpson, 1860 | 17-Sep-2014 | ADDED |
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Also Western Pacific, Red Sea
IMCRA
Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microprosthema Stimpson, 1860 | 17-Sep-2014 | ADDED |
- Microprosthema valida Stimpson, W. 1860. Crustacea Macrura. Pars VIII of Prodromus descriptionis animalium evertebratorum, quae in Expeditione ad Oceanum Pacificum Septentrionalem, a Republica Federata missa, Cadwaladaro Ringgold et Johanne Rodgers Ducibus, observavit et descripsit. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 12: 22-47 [45].
Type data:
Holotype ♀ (presumed lost), Ousima, Ryukyu Islands. - Stenopusculus crassimanus Richters, F. 1880. Decapoda. In, Möbius, K.A. Beiträge zur Meeresfauna der Insel Mauritius und der Seychellen, bearbeitet von K. Möbius, F. Richters und E. von Martens. Berlin. 137-178 pls 15-18 [168 pl. 18 figs 27-29].
Type data:
Status unknown, 1 specimen, Ile aux Fouquets, Mauritius. - Stenopus robustus Borradaile, L.A. 1910. Penaeidae, Stenopidea and Reptantia from the Western Indian Ocean. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 13(2): 257-264 16 pls [260 pl. 16 fig. 4].
Type data:
Holotype UMZC 1 specimen, Salomon Atoll, Chagos Archipelago.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- 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 [50]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-Pacific Oceans.
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Low intertidal, reef, subtidal.
Extra Ecological Information
Often in silty intertidal pools, occurs in small numbers, usually in heterosexual pairs, depth to 70 m.
History of changes
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| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |
Genus Spongicola de Haan, 1844
- Spongicola de Haan, 1844.
Distribution
States
Western Australia
IMCRA
Northwest Shelf Province (27)
History of changes
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| 06-Jul-2011 | ADDED |
Type data:
Syntype(s) IM 25/7 (Recorded from 310 m and 435-530 m depth), Andaman Sea.- Spongicola henshawi Rathbun, M.J. 1906. The Brachyura and Macrura of the Hawaiian Islands. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 23(3): 827-930, text-figs 1-79 pls 1-24 [901, pl. 24, fig. 8].
Type data:
Holotype USNM 30538 ovig. ♀ (310-440 m depth), south coast of Molokai island, Hawaii. - Spongicola henshawi spinigera de Saint Laurent, M. & Cleva, R. 1981. Crustacés décapodes: Stenopodidea, in Résultats des campagnes MUSORSTOM I. Philippines (18-28 mars, 1976), volume 1. Collection Mémoires ORSTOM 91: 151-188, figs 1-17 [174, figs 10b, 11c, g, h].
- Spongicola holthuisi de Saint Laurent, M. & Cleva, R. 1981. Crustacés décapodes: Stenopodidea, in Résultats des campagnes MUSORSTOM I. Philippines (18-28 mars, 1976), volume 1. Collection Mémoires ORSTOM 91: 151-188, figs 1-17 [177, fig. 12a-i].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP Na2924 ovig. ♀ (192-188 m depth), Philippines [13°59.8'N, 120°18.6'E].
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Wide distribution across the Indo-Pacific; hawaii, Japan, Philippines, Indonesia, Fiji Islands, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands and Madagascar
IMCRA
Northwest Shelf Province (27)
Ecological Descriptors
Continental slope.
Extra Ecological Information
Between 124-815 m depth; Host is Pheronema sp.
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 06-Jul-2011 | ADDED |