Species Pilumnus caerulescens A. Milne Edwards, 1873
- Pilumnus caerulescens Milne Edwards, A. 1873. Recherches sur la faune carcinologique de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Pt. 2. Groupe des Cyclometopes Neptunens. Nouvelles Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris 9: 155-332 pls 4-18 [242 pl. 9 fig. 3].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MNHP, New Caledonia.
Distribution
States
Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west central Pacific Oceans (Andaman Islands, Thailand, Indonesia, New Guinea to Palau, Ryukyu Islands, Fiji, Ellice, Gilbert and Marshall Islands and New Caledonia).
IMCRA
Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Coral reef, subtidal.
General References
Takeda, M. & Miyake, S. 1968. Pilumnid crabs of the family Xanthidae from the West Pacific. I. Twenty-three species of the genus Pilumnus, with description of four new species. Ohmu. Occasional Papers of Zoological Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan 1(1): 1-60 figs 1-13 pls 1-4 [30] (redescription)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 04-Jun-2012 | 04-Jun-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 10-May-2012 | 10-May-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |