Genus Simocarcinus Miers, 1879

Museums

Regional Maps

• Simocarcinus Miers, E.J. 1879. Descriptions of new or little known species of Maioid Crustacea (Oxyrhyncha) in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4: 1-28 pls 4, 5 [6] [gender masculine].

  Type species:

   Huenia simplex Dana, 1852 by original designation.
• Trigonothir Miers, E.J. 1879. On the classification of the Maioid Crustacea of Oxyrhyncha, with a synopsis of the families, sub-families and genera. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 14: 634-673 pls 12-13 [648] [gender feminine].

  Type species:

   Trigonothir obtusirostris Miers, 1879 by original designation.
• Xenocarcinoides Borradaile, L.A. 1900. On some Crustaceans from the South Pacific. Part IV. The crabs. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1900(3): 568-596 pls 40-42 [573] [gender masculine].

  Type species:

   Xenocarcinoides rostratus Borradaile, 1900 by monotypy.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Sakai, T. 1976. Crabs of Japan and the Adjacent Seas. Tokyo : Kodansha 3 vols xxix 773 pp. [English vol.]; 1–16, 251 pls [Plates vol.]; 461 pp. [Japanese vol.]. [209]
• Griffin, D.J.G. & Tranter, H. 1986. The Decapoda Brachyura of the Siboga Expedition. Part VIII. Majidae. Siboga Expéditie Monographie 39(c4): 1-335, 112 text-figs 22 pls [98] (Simocarcinus given seniority over Trigonothir)

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific Oceans.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
04-Jun-2012		04-Jun-2012	MOVED
15-Feb-2012		15-Feb-2012	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)