Species Harpiliopsis beaupresii (Audouin, 1826)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Palaemon beaupresii Audouin, V. 1826. Explication sommaire des planches de Crustacés de l'Egypte et de la Syrie, publiées par J.C. Savigny, member de l'Institut; offrant un exposé des caractères naturels des genres avec la distinction des espèces. pp. 77-98 in Jonard, E.F. (ed.). Description de l'Égypte, ou, Recueil de observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition de l'armée française, publie par les ordres de Sa Majesté l'empereur Napoleon le Grand. Histoire Naturelle. Paris : De L’Imprimerie Imperiale Vol. 1(4) 339 pp. [91] [as Palaemon Beaupresii].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Egypt.

  Type locality references:

  Holthuis, L.B. 1952. The Palaemonidae collected by the Siboga and Snellius expeditions with remarks on other species II. Subfamily Pontoniinae. Siboga-Expéditie Report 39a 10: 1-254.
• Pontonia dentata Richters, F. 1880. Decapoda. In, Möbius, K.A. Beiträge zur Meeresfauna der Insel Mauritius und der Seychellen, bearbeitet von K. Möbius, F. Richters und E. von Martens. Berlin. 137-178 pls 15-18 [165 pl. 17 figs 36-38].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) 2 specimens, Ile aux Fouquets, Mauritius.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Holthuis, L.B. 1952. The Palaemonidae collected by the Siboga and Snellius expeditions with remarks on other species II. Subfamily Pontoniinae. Siboga-Expéditie Report 39a 10: 1-254 [181] (full synonymy)

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Pacific Oceans.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, littoral, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Abundant on corals of the genera Pocillopora and Stylophora.

 

General References

Chace, F.A., Jr & Bruce, A.J. 1993. The Caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda) of the Albatross Philippine Expedition, 1907–1910, Part 6: Superfamily Palaemonoidea. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 543: 1-152 [82]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
22-Jul-2013		22-Jul-2013	MODIFIED
10-May-2012		10-May-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)