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Species Sesarmops atrorubens (Hess, 1865)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales


Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific Ocean (Indonesia to Fiji).


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Ecological Descriptors

Burrower, mangrove.

Extra Ecological Information

Semi-terrestrial.

 

General References

Davie, P. 2002. Crustacea: Malacostraca: Eucarida (Part 2): Decapoda—Anomura, Brachyura. In Wells, A. & Houston, W.W.K. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 19.3B. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia xiv 641 pp. [226] (the Australian distribution for this species is based on the type locality of 'Sydney', and this is certainly in error. Extensive field collecting across northern Australia has so far failed to recollect S. atrorubens; most probably it was collected from the islands of the south-west Pacific and sent to Hess via Sydney; however, as the northern coast of Australia is within the latitudinal range of the species, thus its possible occurrence was not excluded)

McLay, C.L. & Ryan, P.A. 1990. The terrestial crabs Sesarma (Sesarmops) impressum and Geograpsus crinipes (Brachyura, Grapsidae, Sesarminae) recorded from the Fiji Islands. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 20 1: 107-18 (redescribed and figured)

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
04-Jun-2012 04-Jun-2012 MOVED
23-Jun-2011 23-Jun-2011 MOVED
12-Feb-2010 (import)