Species Thalassina squamifera de Man, 1915
Mud Lobster
- Thalassina anomala squamifera de Man, J.G. 1915. Zur Fauna von Nord-Neuguinea. Nach den Sammlungen von Dr. P.N. van Kampen und K. Gjellerup in den Jahren 1910–1911. Macrura. Zoologische Jahrbücher 38: 385-458 pls 27-29 [445 pl. 29 fig. 16].
Type data:
Status unknown, Karakelong, Indonesia.Secondary source:
Ngoc-Ho, N. & de Saint Laurent, M 2009. The genus Thalassina Latreille, 1806 (Crustacea: Thalaainidea: Thalassinidae). Bulletin of the Raffles Museum Supplement 20: 121-158 [148-152]. - Thalassina taipa White, A. 1847. List of the Specimens of Crustacea in the Collection of the British Museum. London : E. Newman Vol. 8 143 pp. [71] [nomen nudum].
Secondary source:
Ngoc-Ho, N. & de Saint Laurent, M 2009. The genus Thalassina Latreille, 1806 (Crustacea: Thalaainidea: Thalassinidae). Bulletin of the Raffles Museum Supplement 20: 121-158 [148, figs 12, 13B, 14B, 16C].
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, Singapore, Papua New Guinea, Solomon, Fiji, Australia (Northern Territory, northern Western Australia, northern Queensland).
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)
Ecological Descriptors
Burrower, intertidal, mangrove, mud feeder.
Extra Ecological Information
Depth to 13 m.
General References
Campbell, B.M. & Woods, J.T. 1970. Quaternary Crustaceans from Northern Australia in the collections of the Bureau of Mineral Resources, Canberra. Palaeontological Papers, 1967. Bulletin 108. Extract No. 2: 41–42. [41] (elevated to specific rank)
Murray, P.F. & Hanley, J.R. 1986. Unmuddling the Mudlobster; Observations on the age and taphonomy of fossil Thalassina. The Beagle. Occasional Papers of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences 3(1): 59-70
History of changes
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