Species Sicyonia lancifer (Olivier, 1811)
Knight Rock-shrimp
- Palemon lancifer Olivier, A.G. 1811. Palémon. pp. 652-667 in Olivier, A.G. (ed.). Encyclopédie Méthodique. Histoire Naturelle. Insectes. Paris : H. Agasse Vol. 8 722 pp. [317] [original spelling].
- Hippolyte cristatus De Haan, W. 1844. 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 : Lugduni-Batavorum. [published from 1833–1850, Atlas dated 1844] [194 pl. 45 fig. 10].
Type data:
Lectotype RMNH D21088 1 dry specimen, Japan.
Paralectotype(s) RMNH D5562 4 dry specimens, Japan.Subsequent designation references:
Yamaguchi, T. & Baba, K. 1993. Crustacean specimens collected in Japan by Ph.F. von Siebold and H. Bürger and held by the National Natuurhistorisch Museum in Leiden and other museums. pp. 145-563 in Yamaguchi, T. (ed.). Ph.F. von Siebold and Natural History of Japan Crustacea. Japan : Shimoda Printing Inc. [212].
Generic Combinations
- Sicyonia cristata (De Haan, 1844).
- Sicyonia lancifer (Olivier, 1811) [unjustified emendation by Holthuis (1980)].
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Widespread throughout indo-Pacific including Indonesia, Japan, Thailand, Hong Kong, Philippines, New Caledonia, Malaysa, Seychelles, Maldives, Madagascar, Mozambique, Gulf of Aden and the Gulf of Oman. Distribution also includes Melville Island, Northern Territory, Australia.
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, continental slope, mud bottom–marine, sublittoral.
Extra Ecological Information
Bathymetric range: intertidal to 350 m depth. Reported from 350 m, but in Australia recorded from less than 60 m over mud bottom.
General References
Holthuis, L.B. 1980. FAO species catalogue. Vol. 1. Shrimps and prawns of the world. An annotated catalogue of species of interest to fisheries. Exploration du Parc National de l'Upemba. Mission G. F. de Witte 1(125): 1-261 [60]
History of changes
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