Species Tuerkayana rotunda (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
- Thelphusa rotunda Quoy, J.R.C. & Gaimard, P. 1824. Zoologie. pp. 497–516 in, Le voyage autour du Monde, … sur les corvettes de S.M. l'Uranie et la Physicienne … 1817–1820. Paris : Pilet Ainé. [527 pl. 77 fig. 1].
Type data:
Lectotype MNHP MNHN-IU-2000-3745 ♂ (M. Guérin. - Original label: “Cardisoma rotundum (Quoy & Gaimard 1824), Océanie, M. Guérin”. Additional labels: “Cardisoma rotundum (Quoy & Gaimard 1824), Type présumé de C. frontalis H. MilneEdw. (1853) (Holotype), Rev. M. Türkay VI.1972”), Oceania.Subsequent designation references:
Ng, N.K., Rodríguez Moreno, P.A., Naruse, T., Guinot, D. & Mollaret, N. 2019. Annotated type-catalogue of Brachyura (Crustacea, Decapoda) of the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris. Part II. Gecarcinidae and Grapsidae (Thoracotremata, Grapsoidea), with an Appendix of pre-1900 collectors. Zoosystema 41(7): 91-130 [101]. - Cardisoma frontalis Milne Edwards, H. 1853. Mémoires sur la famille des Ocypodiens, suite. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris Zoology 3 20: 163-228 pls 6-11 [204].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MNHP, locality unknown. - Discoplax pagenstecheri Kossmann, R. 1878. Kurze Notizen über einige neue Crustaceen sowie über neue Fundorte einiger bereits beschriebenen. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 44(1): 251-258 [255].
Type data:
Holotype SMF 6872 ♀, 'Mare australis'.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Türkay, M. 1974. Die Gecarcinidae Asiens und Ozeaniens (Crustacea: Decapoda). Senckenbergiana Biologica 55(4/6): 223-259 figs 1-19 [234]
Generic Combinations
- Dicsoplax rotunda (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824). —
Ng, P.K.L, Guinot, D. & Davie, P.J.F. 2008. Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant brachyuran crabs of the world. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 17: 1-286 [Date published 31 January 2008] [214] - Tuerkayana rotunda (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824). —
Guinot, D., Ng, N.K. & Rodríguez Moreno, P.A. 2018. Review of grapsoid families for the establishment of a new family for Leptograpsodes Montgomery, 1931, and a new genus of Gecarcinidae H. Milne Edwards, 1837 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Grapsoidea MacLeay, 1838). Zoosystema 40(26): 547-604 [564] (changed combination as type species of the genus Tuerkayana)
Distribution
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west Pacific Oceans (typically found on islands from Mauritius to the Ryukyu Islands and east to Hawai'i and French Polynesia).
IMCRA
Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22)
Other Regions
Christmas Island terrestrial & freshwater
Ecological Descriptors
Burrower, herbivore, littoral, semiterrestrial.
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30-Nov-2020 | DECAPODA Latreille, 1802 | 30-Nov-2020 | MOVED | |
| 05-Dec-2019 | DECAPODA Latreille, 1802 | 26-Jul-2017 | MODIFIED | Dr Shane Ahyong |
| 04-Jun-2012 | 04-Jun-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 10-May-2012 | 10-May-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |