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Anchistus custos

Description

Anchistus custos (Forskål, 1775)

Cancer custos Forskål, 1775: xxi, 94.

Anchistus custos - Holthuis, 1952a: 105; Chace & Bruce, 1993: 46, 72; Müller, 1993: 8; Bruce, 1996: 205; 2003: 211; Li, 1997: 228; 2000: 7, Fig. 8; 2001: 76; Davie et al., 1998: 96, phto; Li & Liu, 2002: 371, Fig. 1.

Material examined. – 9 males, 12 females (5 ovig)(IOCAS, 1 male, 1 female (ZRC), CN 55 - K332 A, Xinying, Hainan Is., intertidal, with Pinna sp., 23-25 May.1955.

Distribution. – Red Sea and eastern Africa to Philippines, southward to South Australia, and eastward to the Caroline and Fijian Islands (Chace & Bruce, 1993), also reported from Ambon, Indonesia (Debelius, 1999). Associated with mollusks of the genera Pinna, Atrina and Vasum.

Notes

Published as part of Li, Xinzheng, Bruce, Alexander J. & Manning *, Raymond B., 2004, Some Palaemonid Shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda) From Northern South China Sea, With Descripitions Of Two New Species, pp. 513-553 in Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 52 (2) on page 528, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13244123

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
IOCAS, ZRC
Material sample ID
CN 55, K332
Event date
1955-05-23
Verbatim event date
1955-05-23/25
Scientific name authorship
Forskal
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Decapoda
Family
Palaemonidae
Genus
Anchistus
Species
custos
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Anchistus custos (Forskal, 1775) sec. Li, Bruce & *, 2004

References

  • Forskal, P., 1775. Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium. 164 pp. Havniae.
  • Holthuis, L. B., 1952 a. The Decapoda of the Siboga Expedition, Part XI: The Palaemonidae collected by the Siboga and Snellius Expeditions, with remarks on other species, part II: Subfamily Pontoniinae. Siboga-Expeditie, 39 a (10): 254 pp., 110 figs.
  • Chace, F. A., Jr., & A. J. Bruce, 1993. The caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda) of the Albatross Philippine Expedition 1907 - 1910, Part 6: Superfamily Palaemonoidea). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 543: 152 pp., 23 figs.
  • Muller, H. - G., 1993. Catalogue of the Indo-Pacific Pontoniine Shrimps. Germany: Wetzlar.
  • Bruce, A. J., 1996. Crustacea Decapoda: Palaemonid shrimps from the Indo-West Pacific region, mainly from New Caledonia. In: Crosnier, A. (ed.), Resultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, 15. Memoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 168: 197 - 267, figs 1 - 31.
  • Bruce, A. J., 2003. The Pontoniine Shrimp Fauna of Hong Kong and the South China Sea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonidae). Perspectives on Marine Environment Change in Hong Kong and Southern China, 1977 - 2001 (ed. B. Morton). Proceedings of an International Workshop Reunion Conference, Hong Kong 21 - 26 October 2001. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2003. Pp. 209 - 257, table 1.
  • Li, Xinzheng, 1997. Report on Gnathophyllidae and Pontoniinae (Decapoda, Palaemonoidea) shrimps from the Xisha Islands and adjacent waters, South China Sea. Studia Marina Sinica, 38: 223 - 251, figs. 1 - 12.
  • Li, X., 2000. Catalog of the Genera and Species of Pontoniinae Kingsley, 1878, i-iv, 1 - 319, figs 1 - 407. Beijing: Xueyuan Press.
  • Davie, P. & other authors, 1998. Wild Guide to Moreton Bay. Queensland Museum, South Brisbane. 408 pages, photos.
  • Debelius, H., 1999. Crustacea, Guide of the World. IKAN- Unterwasserarchiv, Frankfurt. 321 pages.