Species Thor amboinensis (De Man, 1888)
Bold-spotted Anemone Shrimp
- Hippolyte amboinensis de Man, J.G. 1888. Bericht über die von Herrn Dr. J. Brock im indischen Archipel gesammelten Decapoden und Stomatopoden. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 53(1): 215-600 pls 7-22, 22a [for publication date Clark, P.F., Harrison, K. & Goodman, S.L. 1990. Brock's Indian Archipelago Decapoda and Stomatopoda by De Man: 1887 or 1888?. Arch. Nat. Hist. 17(1): 79–80] [535].
Type data:
Status unknown, Ambon, Indonesia. - Thor discosomatis Kemp, S. 1916. Notes on Crustacea Decapoda in the Indian Museum. VII. Further notes on Hippolytidae. Records of the Indian Museum 12(8): 385-405, 5 pls [388].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- De Grave, S. & Fransen, C.H.J.M. 2011. Carideorum Catalogus: The recent species of the Dendrobrachiate, Stenopodidean, Procarididean and Caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda). Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 85(9): 195-589, figs 1-59 [434]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
West and east Atlantic and Indo-west Pacific Oceans.
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, coral reef, ectocommensal, rock reef, seagrass, subtidal.
Extra Ecological Information
Found on a variety of hosts, but most commonly on anemones.
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 22-Jul-2013 | 22-Jul-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 10-May-2012 | 10-May-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |