Species Pseudosquilla ciliata (Fabricius, 1787)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Squilla ciliata Fabricius, J.C. 1787. Mantissa Insectorum sistens eorum Species nuper detectas, adiectis Characteribus genericis, Differentiis specificis, Emendationibus, Observationibus. Hafniae : C.G. Proft Vol. 1 xx 382 pp. [333].

  Type data:

   Neotype AM P58255 ♂, Bundagi Reef, Exmouth Gulf, WA.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Ahyong, S.T. 2001. Revision of the Australian Stomatopod Crustacea. Records of the Australian Museum Suppl. 26: 1-326 [112-115 fig. 55].
• Squilla stylifera Lamarck, J.B.P.A. 1818. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans vertèbres, présentant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent; précédée d'une Introduction offrant la Détermination des caractères essentiels de l'Animal, sa distinction du végétal et des autres corps naturelles, enfin, l'Exposition des Principes fondamentaux de la Zoologie. Vol. 5. 612 pp. [189].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, locality unknown.
• Squilla quadrispinosa Eydoux, F. & Souleyet, L.F.A. 1842. Crustacés. pp. 219-272 in Eydoux, F. (ed.). Voyage autour du monde exécuté pendant les années 1836 et 1837 sur la corvette 'la Bonite', commandée par M. Vaillant. Zoologie. Paris : Bertrand Vol. 1(2). [362 pl. 5 fig. 1].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Sandwich Isles [Hawai'i].
• Pseudosquilla ciliata occidentalis Borradaile, L.A. 1900. On the Stomatopoda and Macrura brought by Dr. Willey from the South seas. pp. 395-428 in Willey, A. (ed.). On the Stomatopoda and Macrura brought by Dr Willey from the South Seas. Pt 4. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press. [398, 402].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, (probably UMZC), West Indies.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Kemp, S. 1913. An account of the Crustacea Stomatopoda of the Indo-Pacific Region based on the collection in the Indian Museum. Memoirs of the Indian Museum 4(1): 1-217, 9 pls [96]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

All tropical oceans except the E Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Lord Howe Province (14), Timor Province (2), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Northwest Transition (3), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, coral reef, intertidal, predator, rock reef, sand bottom, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Under boulders and coral rubble on reef flats to 33 m depth.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
30-May-2012		30-May-2012	MOVED
10-May-2012		10-May-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)