Species Urnalana pulchella (Bell, 1855)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Leucosia pulchella Bell, Th., 1855. Horae carcinologicae, or notices of Crustacea. I. A monograph of the Leucosiadae, with observations on the relations, structure, habits and distribution of the family; a revision of the genetic characters; and descriptions of new genera and species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 16: 361-367 [363].
• Leucosia alcocki Ovaere, A. A. 1987. The fur-bearing species of the genus Leucosia from Northern papua New Guinea, with a description of two new species (Crustacea, Brachyura). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Biologie 57: 185-204 [188, figs 1b, 5b].
• Leucosia pseudomargaritata Chen, H. 1987. On two new species of Leucosiidae (Crustacea: Brachyura) from the Chinese waters. Studia Marina Sinica 28: 186-203 [197, fig. 3].
• Leucosia parapulchella Dai, A. & Xu, Zh. 1991. A preliminary study of the crabs of the Nansha Islands, China. In: Studies on marine fauna and flora and biogeography of the Nansha Islands and neighbouring waters 3. pp. 46 [7, fig. 5].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Galil, B.S. 2005. Contributions to the knowledge of Leucosiidae III. Urnalana gen. nov. (Crustacea: Brachyura). Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 79: 9-40 [29-30]

 

Generic Combinations

• Urnalana pulchella (Bell, 1855).

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Muscat, Comoro islands, Madagascar, South Africa, Andamans, India, South Cina Seas, Gulf of Tonkin, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Fiji Islands, Australia. Depth: 29-90 m.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Subtidal.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
04-Jun-2012		04-Jun-2012	MOVED
		13-Apr-2011	ADDED