Species Hyastenus sebae White, 1847

Museums

Regional Maps

• Hyastenus sebae White, A. 1847. Descriptions of new Crustacea from the Eastern Seas. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 15: 56-58 [57].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 43.6 ♀, Corregidor, Philippine Islands.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Griffin, D.J.G. 1966. A review of the Australian Majid Spider Crabs (Crustacea, Brachyura). The Australian Zoologist XIII(3): 259-297 pls 15-17, text-figs 1-3 [298].
• Hyastenus oryx Milne Edwards, A. 1872. Recherches sur la faune carcinologique de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Pt. I. Groupe des Oxyrhynches. Nouvelles Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris 8: 229-267 pls 10-14 [250 pl. 14 fig. 1, 1a-d].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) MNHP 15 specimens, New Caledonia;
  Status unknown, MNHP 15 specimens, New Caledonia.
• Hyastenus sebae White, A. 1847. List of the Specimens of Crustacea in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum viii 143 pp. [Date published Apr/1847] [6] [nomen nudum; nom. nud.].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Griffin, D.J.G. & Tranter, H. 1986. The Decapoda Brachyura of the Siboga Expedition. Part VIII. Majidae. Siboga Expéditie Monographie 39(c4): 1-335, 112 text-figs 22 pls [154]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

East Indo-west Pacific Oceans (N Indian Ocean to Philippines and Palau).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, low intertidal, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

Substrates of sand to gray clay or mud, coral and shell, depth to 120 m.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
04-Jun-2012		04-Jun-2012	MOVED
15-Feb-2012		15-Feb-2012	MOVED
10-May-2012		05-Aug-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)