Genus Zalasius Rathbun, 1897

Museums

Regional Maps

• Trichia De Haan, W. 1839. Crustacea. 1-243 pls A-J, L-Q, 1-55, circ. tab. 2 in von Siebold, P.F. (ed.). Fauna Japonica sive Descriptio Animalium, quae in Itinere per Japoniam, Jussu et Auspiciis Superiorum, qui Summum in India Batava Imperium Tenent, Suscepto, Annis 1823–1830 Collegit, Notis, Observationibus et Adumbrationibus Illustravit. Leiden : Lugundi-Batavorum. [published from 1833–1850] [pl. H, pl. 29 fig. 4] [junior homonym of Trichia von Haller, 1768 (Myxomycetes)].

  Type species:

   Trichia dromiaeformis De Haan, 1839 by monotypy.
• Zalasius Rathbun, M.J. 1897. A revision of the nomenclature of the Brachyura. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 11: 153-167 [166] [nomen nudum; nom. nov. for Trichia De Haan, 1839; gender masculine].
• Macneillena Iredale, T. 1930. Some notable name changes. The Australian Zoologist 6(2): 175 [175] [unnecessary nom. nov. for Trichia De Haan, 1839; gender feminine].

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific (India to Japan).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

General References

Guinot, D. 1976. Constitution de quelques groupes naturels chez les Crustacés Décapodes Brachyoures. I. La super-famille des Bellioidea et trois sous-familles de Xanthoidae (Polydectinae Dana, Trichiinae de Haan, Actaeinae Alcock). Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] 97: 1-308 figs 1-47 pls 1-19 [109] (generic revision)

Holthuis, L.B. 1996. The nomenclatural status of the generic names Trichia de Haan, 1839, and Zalasius Rathbun, 1897 (Decapoda, Brachyura). Crustaceana 69(1): 122-124 [123]

Sakai, T. 1976. Crabs of Japan and the Adjacent Seas. Tokyo : Kodansha 3 vols xxix 773 pp. [English vol.]; 1–16, 251 pls [Plates vol.]; 461 pp. [Japanese vol.]. [513]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
10-Dec-2023	XANTHIDAE MacLeay, 1838	02-May-2023	MODIFIED
04-Jun-2012		04-Jun-2012	MOVED
10-May-2012		10-May-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)