Species Trapezia cymodoce (Herbst, 1801)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cancer cymodoce Herbst, J.F.W. 1801. Versuch einer Naturgeschichte der Krabben und Krebse nebst einer Systematischen Beischreibung ihrer Verschieden Arten. Berlin & Stralsund : Gottlieb August Lange Vol. 3 Pt 2 pp. 1–46 pls 51–54. [22 pl. 51 fig. 5] [placed on the Official List of Specific 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].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMB (lost, not located by Sakai, K. 1999. J. F. W. Herbst-Collection of decapod Crustacea of the Berlin Zoological Museum, with remarks on certain species. Naturalists, Tokushima Biological Laboratory, Shikoku University 6: 1–45 pls 1–21 [40]), locality unknown.

  Secondary source:

   International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1990. Opinion 1614. Trapezia Latreille, 1828 (Crustacea, Decapoda): conserved. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 47(3): 228.
• Trapezia coerulea Rüppell, E. 1830. Beschreibung und Abbildung von 24 Arten kurzschwänzigen Krabben, als Beitrag zur Naturgeschichte des rothen Meeres. Frankfurt am Main : H.L. Brönner 28 pp. pls 1-6. [27 pl. 5 fig. 7, pl. 6 fig. 22 (part)].

  Type data:

   Lectotype SMF 4101 ♂, Tor [El Tur], Red Sea.
  Paralectotype(s) SMF 1567 ♂ 2♀, Tor [El Tur], Red Sea; SMF 17716 10♂ 14♀, Tor [El Tur], Red Sea.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Castro, P. 1999. Trapeziid crabs (Crustacea, Brachyura, Xanthoidea, Trapeziidae) of the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. Zoosystematica Rossica 21(1): 93-120 [105].
• Grapsillus dentatus 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 pl. 3].

  Type data:

   Lectotype MMUS C2923 ♀, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Ng, P.K.L. & Ahyong, S.T. 2001. Brachyuran type specimens (Crustacea: Decapoda) in the Macleay Collection, University of Sydney, Australia. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 49(1): 83-100 [92].
• Trapezia hirtipes Jacquinot, H. in Hombron, J.B. & Jacquinot, H. 1846. Atlas d'Histoire Naturelle Zoologie par MM. Hombron et Jacquinot, chirurgiens de l'expédition. In, Voyage au pôle sud et dans l'Océanie sur les Corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée; exécuté par ordre du roi pendant les années 1837-1838-1839-1840 sous les commandement de M. Dumont d'Urville capitaine de vaisseau publié sous les auspices du département de la marine et sous la direction superieure de M. Jacquinot, capitaine de Vaisseau, commandant de La Zelee. Livraison 18. Oiseaux pl. 21; Crustacés pls 3, 4; Insectes coléoptères pls 16, 17. Paris : Gide et Cie. [pl. 4 figs 14-16].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP B2953 ♀ (see Castro, P. 1997. Trapeziid crabs (Brachyura: Xanthoidea: Trapeziidae) of French Polynesia. pp. 109–139 in Richer de Forges, B. (ed). Les fondes meubles des lagons de Nouvelle-Calédonie (Sédimentologie, Benthos). Études & Thèses. Paris : ORSTOM Vol. 3 [118]), Tuamotu Archipelago.
• Trapezia cymodoce ornatus Chen, P.S. 1933. Zur morphologie und Histologie der Respirations-organe von Grapsus grapsus L., nebst einer Liste Krabben der Sammlung Plate von Ceylon und Südindien. Jenaische Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaft 68: 31-116 [108 fig. 53].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown 5 specimens (now considered lost), Sri Lanka.
• Trapezia dentifrons 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].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown (originally deposited in NMHP, but now considered lost), locality unknown.
• Trapezia dentata subintegra Dana, J.D. 1852. Crustacea. U. S. Exploring Expedition. During the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. Under the command of Charles Wilkes, U.S.N. Philadelphia : C. Sherman Vol. 13 1618 pp. [Pt 1: 1–685; Pt 2: 686–1618] [259 pl. 15 fig. 7a].

  Type data:

   Holotype (lost), Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia.
• Trapezia cymodoce typica Ortmann, 1893.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Galil, B. & Clark, P.F. 1990. Crustacea Decapoda: Notes on trapeziid crabs from New Caledonia including descriptions of two new species. pp. 369-388 figs 1-6 in Crosnier, A. Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, Volume 6. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] 145(A): 1-388 [378]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific Oceans.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

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

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

Symbiotic with branching coral (particularly Pocillopora, Seriatopora and Stylophora species).

 

General References

Castro, P. 1997. Trapeziid crabs (Brachyura: Xanthoidea: Trapeziidae) of New Caledonia, eastern Australia, and the Coral Sea. pp. 59-107 in Richer de Forges, B. (ed.). Les fondes meubles des lagons de Nouvelle-Calédonie (Sédimentologie, Benthos). Études & Thèses. Paris : ORSTOM Vol. 3. [73]

 

History of changes

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