Genus Trapezia Latreille, 1828

Museums

Regional Maps

• Trapezia Latreille, P.A. 1828. Encyclopédie Méthodique. Histoire Naturelle. Entomologie, ou Histoire naturelle des Crustacés, des Arachnides et des Insectes. Serville et Guérin : Le Peletier de St-Fargeau Vol. 10(2) 345-852 pp. [695] [placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology in International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1990. Opinion 1614. Trapezia Latreille, 1828 (Crustacea, Decapoda): conserved. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 47(3): 228; gender feminine].

  Type species:

   Trapezia dentifrons Latreille, 1828 by subsequent designation, see Rathbun, M.J. 1930. The cancroid crabs of America of the families Euryalidae, Portunidae, Atelecyclidae, Cancridae and Xanthidae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 152: i-xvi 1-609, text-figs 1-85 pls 1-230 [556] (= Trapezia cymodoce (Herbst, 1901)).

  Secondary source:

   International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1990. Opinion 1614. Trapezia Latreille, 1828 (Crustacea, Decapoda): conserved. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 47(3): 228.
• Grapsillus MacLeay, W.S. 1838. On the Brachyurous Decapod Crustacea brought from the Cape by Dr Smith. pp. 53–71 pl. 3 in, Illustrations of the Annulosa of South Africa; being a portion of the objects of natural history collected during an expedition into the interior of South Africa, under the direction of Dr Andrew Smith, in the years 1834, 1835, and 1836; fitted out by "The Cape of Good Hope Association for Exploring Central Africa". London. 75 pp. 4 pls [67] [gender masculine].

  Type species:

   Grapsillus maculatus MacLeay, 1838 by subsequent designation, see Rathbun, M.J. 1930. The cancroid crabs of America of the families Euryalidae, Portunidae, Atelecyclidae, Cancridae and Xanthidae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 152: i-xvi 1-609, text-figs 1-85 pls 1-230 [556] (= Cancer rufopunctatus Herbst, 1799).

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Serène, R. 1984. Crustacés Décapodes Brachyoures de l'Océan Indien occidental et de la Mer Rouge. Xanthoidea: Xanthidae et Trapeziidae. Avec un addendum par Crosnier, A.: Carpilliidae et Menippidae. Faune Tropicale 24: 1-400 figs A-C, 1-243 pls 1-48 [267]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Pacific Oceans.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Timor Province (2), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Transition (3), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)

Other Regions

Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
04-Jun-2012		04-Jun-2012	MOVED
30-Mar-2012		30-Mar-2012	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)