Species Tiaramedon spinosum (Miers, 1879)
- Ceratocarcinus spinosus Miers, E.J. 1879. Descriptions of new or little known species of Maioid Crustacea (Oxyrhyncha) in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4: 1-28 pls 4, 5 [2, 27 pl. 5 fig. 11].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 62.53 juvenile, Eastern Seas [original label states 'Australian Seas'].
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west Pacific Oceans (Red Sea to SE Asia, Japan, Taiwan, Papua New Guinea, and New Caledonia).
IMCRA
Christmas Island Province (23), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, reef, subtidal, symbiotic.
Extra Ecological Information
Typically found on comatulid crinoids, on Clarkcomanthus littoralis, Comanthus parvicirra, C. suavia and Lamprometra klunzingeri.
General References
Chia, D.G.B. & Ng, P.K.L. 1998. A revision of Ceratocarcinus White, 1847, and Harrovia Adams & White, 1849 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Eumedonidae), two genera of crabs symbiotic with crinoids. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 46(2): 493-563 [508]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 04-Jun-2012 | 04-Jun-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 10-May-2012 | 10-May-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |