Species Tetraloides heterodactyla (Heller, 1861)

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• Tetralia heterodactyla Heller, C. 1861. Synopsis der im rothen Meere vorkommenden Crustaceen. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 11: 3-32 [14].

  Type data:

   Lectotype NHMW 11 ♀, Red Sea.
  Paralectotype(s) NHMW 11 ♀, Red Sea.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Galil, B. 1986. Tetraloides — a new genus of coral-inhabiting crabs. Crustaceana 50(1): 68-77 figs 1-3 [74].
• Tetralia pubescens Klunzinger, C.B. 1913. Die Rundkrabben (Cyclometopa) des Roten Meeres. Nova Acta Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Germanicae Naturae Curiosorum 99(2): 103-402 figs 1-14 pls 5-11 [316 pl. 7 fig. 15a-d].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) NHMW 50–60 specimens, Red Sea.
• Tetralia nigrifrons fusca Serène, R. & Dat, P.T. 1957. Note sur Tetralia nigrifrons Dana, 1852. Annales de la Faculté des Sciences, Saigon 1957: 107-131 figs 1-4 pls 1-3.

  Type data:

   
  Paratype(s) ION E.39.595 ♀; ION E.39589 ♀;
  Syntype(s) ION, Nhatrang Bay, Vietnam; ION E 39.594 ♂, Nhatrang Bay, Vietnam; ION E 39.595 ♀, Nhatrang Bay, Vietnam; ION E 39.589 ♀, Nhatrang Bay, Vietnam.
• Tetralia nigrifrons cyanea Serène, R. & Dat, P.T. 1957. Note sur Tetralia nigrifrons Dana, 1852. Annales de la Faculté des Sciences, Saigon 1957: 107-131 figs 1-4 pls 1-3 [116 figs 3a,b,c].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) ION E.39.606 ♂, Nhatrang Bay, Vietnam; ION E.39.607 ♀, Nhatrang Bay, Vietnam; ION E.39.590 ♀, Nhatrang Bay, Vietnam; ION E.39.715 ♀, Nhatrang Bay, Vietnam; ION E.39.862 ♂, Nhatrang Bay, Vietnam.

  Type locality references:

  Serène, R. & Dat, P.T. 1957. Note sur Tetralia nigrifrons Dana, 1852. Annales de la Faculté des Sciences, Saigon 1957: 107-131 figs 1-4 pls 1-3.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Castro, P. 1999. Trapeziid crabs (Crustacea, Brachyura, Xanthoidea, Trapeziidae) of the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. Zoosystematica Rossica 21(1): 93-120 [103]

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Throughout Indo-west Pacific region.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Christmas Island Province (23), Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, coral reef, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Symbiont of Acropora coral species.

 

General References

Davie, P.J.F. & Short, J.W. 2001. Decapod Crustacea of North East Cay, Herald Cays, Coral Sea. pp. 75-86 in Comben, L. (ed.). Herald Cays Scientific Study Report, Geography Monograph Series No. 6. Brisbane : The Royal Geographical Society of Queensland Inc. 168 pp. [76] (Coral Sea record)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
04-Jun-2012		04-Jun-2012	MOVED
21-Feb-2012		21-Feb-2012	MOVED
10-May-2012		18-Apr-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)