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Dardanus pedunculatus

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Dardanus pedunculatus (Herbst, 1804)

Cancer pedunculatus Herbst, 1804: 25, pl. 6, fig. 2 (color) [type locality: Ostindien; holotype: ZMB Herbst 2497]. Hawaiian Is. records:

Dardanus asper (De Haan, 1849) — Edmondson 1925: 24 [Laysan, French Frigate Shoals, H.I.]; 1946: 263 [H.I.]. Dardanus haanii Rathbun, 1902 — Amerson & Shelton 1976: 75 [Johnston Atoll].

Remarks. The identification of the Hawaiian material is doubtful (G. Paulay, personal communication).

Taxonomy. Fize & Serène (1955), McLaughlin & Hogarth (1998), McLaughlin et al. (2007)

Geographical distribution. Across Indo-West Pacific region.

Habitat. Sometimes carries sea anemones on the gastropod shell; shallow subtidal to 100 m.

Notes

Published as part of Castro, Peter, 2011, Catalog of the anomuran and brachyuran crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura, Brachyura) of the Hawaiian Islands 2947, pp. 1-154 in Zootaxa 2947 (1) on page 25, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2947.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5283044

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Biodiversity

Collection code
ZMB
Family
Diogenidae
Genus
Dardanus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Decapoda
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Herbst
Species
pedunculatus
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Dardanus pedunculatus (Herbst, 1804) sec. Castro, 2011

References

  • Edmondson, C. H. (1925) Crustacea. In: Marine Zoology of tropical central Pacific (Tanager Expedition, Publication 1). Bulletin Bernice P. Bishop Museum, 27, 3 - 62.
  • Amerson, A. B. & Shelton, P. C. (1976) The natural history of Johnston Atoll, Central Pacific Ocean. Atoll Research Bulletin, 192, i - xx + 1 - 479.
  • Fize, A. & Serene, R. (1955) Les pagures du Vietnam. Notes du l'Institut Oceanographique de Nhatrang, 45, i - ix + 1 - 228, pls. 1 - 6.
  • McLaughlin, P. A. & Hogarth, P. J. (1998) Hermit crabs (Decapoda: Anomura: Paguridea) from the Seychelles. Zoologische Verhandelingen, 318, 1 - 48.
  • McLaughlin, P. A., Rahayu, D. L., Komai, T. & Chan, T. - Y. (2007) A Catalog of the Hermit Crabs (Paguroidea) of Taiwan. National Taiwan University, Keelung, viii + 636 pp.