Hunt, T.E. (1 June 1946), A new species of Dendrobium from the Bellenden Ker Range. The North Queensland Naturalist 14(83): 30-31 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Bellenden Ker Range, J.H. Wilkie, October, 1946."

• Etymology: "The flower bears a strong resemblance to the head and legs of the well-known hermit-crab, as they are seen projecting from the shell it inhabits, and it is to [t]his that the specific name refers."

Dockrill, A.W. (1969), Australian Indigenous Orchids: 496-497 [secondary reference]

Rauschert, S. (1983), Beitrag zur Nomenklatur der Orchidaceae. Feddes Repertorium Beiheft 94(7-8): 448 [basionym]

basionym of: Grastidium cancroides (T.E.Hunt) Rauschert legitimate

Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia: 444 [secondary reference]

Upton, W.T. (1989), Dendrobium Orchids of Australia: 40-41, Fig. 24, Pl. 23 [secondary reference]

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 49 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Grastidium cancroides (T.E.Hunt) Rauschert legitimate

Dockrill, A.W. (1994), Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 2: 694-695, Pl. 85 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Grastidium cancroides (T.E.Hunt) Rauschert legitimate

Hyland, B.P.M., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. in Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994), Appendix I: Provisional Species List. Fruits of the Rainforest: 309 [secondary reference]

Clements, M.A. & Jones, D.L. in Tkatchenko, J. (ed.) (1997), A preliminary taxonomic review of Grastidium Blume and Eriopexis (Schltr.) Brieger (Orchidaceae). Lasianthera 1(2): 67 [secondary reference]

Clements, M.A. & Jones, D.L. in Tkatchenko, J. (ed.) (1997), A preliminary taxonomic review of Grastidium Blume and Eriopexis (Schltr.) Brieger (Orchidaceae). Lasianthera 1(2): 67 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Grastidium cancroides (T.E.Hunt) Rauschert legitimate

Backhouse, G.N., Bates, R.J., Brown, A.P. & Copeland, L.M. (1 March 2016), Checklist of the orchids of Australia including its island territories: 21, 85 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Grastidium cancroides (T.E.Hunt) Rauschert legitimate

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 679 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Grastidium cancroides (T.E.Hunt) Rauschert legitimate

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