Species Serenepilumnus pisifer (McLeay, 1838)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Halimede pisifer MacLeay, W.S. 1838. On the Brachyurous Decapod Crustacea brought from the Cape by Dr Smith. pp. 53–71 pl. 3 in, Illustrations of the Annulosa of South Africa; being a portion of the objects of natural history collected during an expedition into the interior of South Africa, under the direction of Dr Andrew Smith, in the years 1834, 1835, and 1836; fitted out by "The Cape of Good Hope Association for Exploring Central Africa". London. 75 pp. 4 pls [60].

  Type data:

   Lectotype MMUS C2909-2911 ♂, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.
  Paralectotype(s) MMUS C2909-2911 2♀.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Ng, P.K.L. & Ahyong, S.T. 2001. Brachyuran type specimens (Crustacea: Decapoda) in the Macleay Collection, University of Sydney, Australia. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 49(1): 83-100 [90].
• Pilumnus verrucosipes Stimpson, W. 1858. Crustacea Cancroidea et Coryoidea: Prodromus descriptionis animalium evertebratorum, quae in Expeditione ad Oceanum Pacificum Septentrionalem, a Republica Federata missa, Cadwaladaro Ringgold et Johanne Rodgers Ducibus, observavit et descripsit W. Stimpson. Pars IV. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 10: 31-40 [36].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, (presumed lost), 'Simon's Bay'.
• Pilumnus fragifer Milne Edwards, A. 1873. Description de quelques Crustacés nouveaux ou peu connus provenant du Musée de M.C. Godeffroy. Journal des Museum Godeffroy, Hamburg 1(4): 77-88 pls 12, 13 [80 pl. 1 fig. 4].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMH 6208, Indian Ocean.
• Pilumnus infraciliaris Ortmann, A.E. 1894. Crustaceen. In, Semon, R. Zoologische Forshungreisen in Australien und dem Malayischen Archipel. Denkschriften der Medizinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena 8(1): 1-80 pls 1-3 [49 pl. 3 fig. 7].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MS 3♂ 2♀, Port Elizabeth, SA.
• Halimede delagoae Barnard, K.H. 1955. Additions to the Fauna-list of South African Crustacea and Pycnogonida. Annals of the South African Museum 43(1): 1-107 figs 1-53.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Türkay, M. & Schuhmacher, H. 1985. Latopilumnus tubicolus n. gen. n. sp., eine neue korallenassoziierte Krabbe, die die Bildung einer Wohnhöhle induziert. (Crustacea: Decapoda: Pilumnidae). Senckenbergiana Maritima 17(1): 55-63 figs 1-2 pl. 1 [58]

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Southern and eastern Africa, Indian Ocean.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33)

Ecological Descriptors

Low intertidal, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

Under rocks, shelly or muddy sand, depth 0–50 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)