Species Spongicola andamanicus Alcock, 1901

Museums

Regional Maps

• Spongicola andamanicus Alcock, A. 1901. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Indian Deep-sea Crustacea Decapoda Macrura and Anomura in the Indian Museum. Being a revised account of the deep-sea species collected by the Royal Indian marine survey ship "Investigator". Calcutta : Indian Museum Vol. 4 286 pp. 3 pls. [148].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) IM 25/7 (Recorded from 310 m and 435-530 m depth), Andaman Sea.
• Spongicola henshawi Rathbun, M.J. 1906. The Brachyura and Macrura of the Hawaiian Islands. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 23(3): 827-930, text-figs 1-79 pls 1-24 [901, pl. 24, fig. 8].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 30538 ovig. ♀ (310-440 m depth), south coast of Molokai island, Hawaii.
• Spongicola henshawi spinigera de Saint Laurent, M. & Cleva, R. 1981. Crustacés décapodes: Stenopodidea, in Résultats des campagnes MUSORSTOM I. Philippines (18-28 mars, 1976), volume 1. Collection Mémoires ORSTOM 91: 151-188, figs 1-17 [174, figs 10b, 11c, g, h].
• Spongicola holthuisi de Saint Laurent, M. & Cleva, R. 1981. Crustacés décapodes: Stenopodidea, in Résultats des campagnes MUSORSTOM I. Philippines (18-28 mars, 1976), volume 1. Collection Mémoires ORSTOM 91: 151-188, figs 1-17 [177, fig. 12a-i].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP Na2924 ovig. ♀ (192-188 m depth), Philippines [13°59.8'N, 120°18.6'E].

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Wide distribution across the Indo-Pacific; hawaii, Japan, Philippines, Indonesia, Fiji Islands, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands and Madagascar

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental slope.

Extra Ecological Information

Between 124-815 m depth; Host is Pheronema sp.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		06-Jul-2011	ADDED