Species Varuna litterata (Fabricius, 1798)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cancer litteratus Fabricius, J.C. 1798. Supplementum Entomologiae Systematicae. Hafniae : Proft et Storch ii 573 pp. [342].

  Type data:

   Lectotype UZM 120-1 ♀, `in India orientali' (probably from Tranquebar, SE coast of India).
  Paralectotype(s) UZM 2♀.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Ng, P.K.L. 1988. The Freshwater Crabs of Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore. Singapore : Department of Zoology, National University of Singapore & Shinglee Publishers Pty Ltd pp. i-viii, 1-152. [116].
• Cancer simmonsi Curtiss, A. 1938. A Short Zoology of Tahiti in the Society Islands. New York : Self-published i-xvi, 193 pp. [176].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Ng, P.K.L., Eldredge, L.G. & Evenhuis, N.L. 2011. The names of decapod and stomatopod Crustacea from Tahiti, French Polynesia, established by Anthony Curtis in 1938 and 1944. Zootaxa 3099: 43-56 [45 (Table 1), 52-53]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific Oceans (East Africa to Japan).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Christmas Island Province (23), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Estuary, freshwater, mangrove, shallow subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

Megalopae migrate upstream into freshwater to mature, under rocks, logs, and dead leaves.

 

General References

Sakai, T. 1976. Crabs of Japan and the Adjacent Seas. Tokyo : Kodansha 3 vols xxix 773 pp. [English vol.]; 1–16, 251 pls [Plates vol.]; 461 pp. [Japanese vol.]. [644] (distribution and notes on biology)

 

History of changes

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04-Jun-2012		04-Jun-2012	MOVED
26-Mar-2012		26-Mar-2012	MOVED
26-Mar-2012		26-Mar-2012	MOVED
10-May-2012		22-Nov-2011	MODIFIED
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