Species Scyllarides haanii De Haan, 1841
Aesop Slipper Lobster (Fao)
- Scyllarus haanii De Haan, W. 1841. Crustacea. 1-243 pls A-J, L-Q, 1-55, circ. tab. 2 in Von Siebold, P.F. (ed.). Fauna Japonica sive Descriptio Animalium, quae in Itinere per Japoniam, Jussu et Auspiciis Superiorum, qui Summum in India Batava Imperium Tenent, Suscepto, Annis 1823–1830 Collegit, Notis, Observationibus et Adumbrationibus Illustravit. Leiden : Lugundi-Batavorum. [published from 1833–1850] [152 pl. 38 fig. 1].
Type data:
Lectotype RMNH D5520 dry ♂, 'Japonica', probably Nagasaki, Kyushu, Japan.
Paralectotype(s) RMNH D5520 1 specimen (1823–1834; collected P. F. von Siebold & H. Burger), Japan; RMNH D5519 1 dry specimen (1823–1834; collected P. F. von Siebold & H. Burger; coll. B2; paralectotype of Scyllarus haanii von Siebold, MS and Scyllarus haanii de Haan, 1841), Japan.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west central Pacific Oceans.
IMCRA
Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Lord Howe Province (14), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental shelf, reef, rock bottom, subtidal.
Extra Ecological Information
Depth 10 to 135 m.
General References
George, R.W. & Griffin, D.J.G. 1973. Two shovel-nosed lobsters of the genus Scyllarides (Decapoda, Scyllaridae) new to Australia. Crustaceana 24(1): 144-146 [145] (first Australian record)
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 [96] (full synonymy)
History of changes
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| 29-Mar-2012 | 29-Mar-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 03-Jun-2010 | MODIFIED |