Species Upogebia spinifrons (Haswell, 1882)
- Gebia spinifrons Haswell, W.A. 1882. Description of some new species of Australian Decapoda. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 6(4): 750-763 [762].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM P1544 ♀ (type status doubtful), Port Stephens, NSW; AM G5186 (possible syntype), Port Stephens, NSW
Comment: invalid designation of holotype status for specimen P1544 by Sakai, K. 1982. Revision of Upogebiidae (Decapoda, Thalassinidea) in the Indo-west Pacific Region. Researches on Crustacea. Special Number 1. Tokyo : The Carcinological Society of Japan 106 pp. 7 pls 20 figs [58].
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Gulf of Aden, western Indian Ocean.
IMCRA
Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, burrower, soft bottom, sublittoral.
Extra Ecological Information
Depth 12–25 m.
General References
Poore, G.C.B. & Griffin, D.J.G. 1979. The Thalassinidea (Crustacea: Decapoda) of Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 32(6): 217-321 [305]
Sakai, K. & Türkay, M. 1995. Two Upogebiid from the Persian-Arabian Gulf, with the Description of a Related New Species from Taiwan (Crustacea: Decapoda: Upogebiidae). Senckenbergiana Maritima 25(4/6): 197-208 [202] (status of types discussed; new figures provided)
History of changes
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