Species Sympagurus dimorphus (Studer, 1883)
- Eupagurus dimorphus Studer, T. 1883. Verzeichnis der Crustaceen, welche während der Reise S.M.S. Gazelle an der Weskuste von Afrika, Ascension und dem Cap der guten Hoffnung gesammelt wurden. Abhandlungen der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Berlin 2(1882–1883): 1-32 [24 figs 11, 12].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ZMB, off Cape of Good Hope, South Africa [34°13.6'S 15°00.7'W]. - Parapagurus brevimanus Balss, H. 1911. Nue Paguriden aus den Ausbeuten der deutschen Tiefsee Expedition "Valdivia" und der japanischen Expedition Prof. Dofleins. Zoologischer Anzeiger 38(1): 1-9 [4 fig. 5].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ZSMB ♂ ♀ (probable depository institution), off New Amsterdam, Guyana, W Atlantic. - Sympagurus arcuatus johnstoni Hale, H.M. 1941. Decapod Crustacea. Report of the British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition, 1928–31 4(9): 257-285 figs [279 fig. 13a-d].
Type data:
Syntype(s) SAMA C4095, E of Tasmania. - Sympagurus arcuatus mawsoni Hale, H.M. 1941. Decapod Crustacea. Report of the British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition, 1928–31 4(9): 257-285 figs [280 fig. 14a-c].
Type data:
Syntype(s) SAMA C4094, off Macquarie Island.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Lemaitre, R. 1989. Revision of the genus Parapagurus (Anomura: Paguroidea: Parapaguridae), including redescriptions of the western Atlantic species. Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 253: 1-106 [71]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
New Zealand, Southern Hemisphere from 22º to 57ºS, in the Atlantic possibly as far north as Ascension Island.
IMCRA
Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7), West Tasmania Transition (9)
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Bathyal, benthic, continental rise, continental shelf, continental slope.
Extra Ecological Information
Depth range from 91 to 1995 m, most frequently found in depths of 200 to 600 m.
General References
Lemaitre, R. 1996. Hermit crabs of the family Parapaguridae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) from Australia: species of Strobopagurus Lemaitre, 1989, Sympagurus Smith, 1883 and two new genera. Records of the Australian Museum 48: 163-221 [176]
History of changes
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