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Arcotheres spinidactylus Gordon 1936

Description

Arcotheres spinidactylus (Gordon, 1936)

Pinnotheres spinidactylus Gordon, 1936: 164, 167–172, figs. 1 a, b, e, figs. 2 a, b, c [type locality: Siglap, Singapore]. — Griffin & Campbell, 1969: 156 –162, figs. 7–8. — Stephenson et al., 1970: 492. — Jones, 1990: 202. — Davie, 2002: 434.

Arcotheres spinidactylus. — Campos 2001: 494.

Australian host. Bivalve molluscs, Mytilidae. Modiolus sp. (Griffin & Campbell 1969).

Distribution. Singapore, Philippines, China and Australia (Schmitt et al. 1973, Davie, 2002). The Australian range includes Moreton Bay, Queensland, and Shark Bay, Western Australia (Jones 1990).

Notes

Published as part of Ahyong, Shane T. & Brown, Diane E., 2003, Description of Durckheimia lochi n. sp., with an annotated checklist of Australian Pinnotheridae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura), pp. 1-20 in Zootaxa 254 on page 10, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.156571

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Gordon
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Decapoda
Family
Pinnotheridae
Genus
Arcotheres
Species
spinidactylus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Arcotheres spinidactylus Gordon, 1936 sec. Ahyong & Brown, 2003

References

  • Gordon, I. (1936) On a few Indo-Pacific species of Pinnotheres, with special reference to asymmetry of the walking legs. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology, 40, 163 - 180.
  • Griffin, D. J. G. & Campbell, B. M. (1969) The sub-littoral Goneplacidae and Pinnotheridae (Crustacea: Brachyura) of Moreton Bay. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 15, 141 - 164.
  • Stephenson, W., Williams, W. T., & Lance, G. N. (1970) The macrobenthos of Moreton Bay. Ecological Monographs, 40: 459 - 494.
  • Jones, D. (1990) Annotated checklist of marine decapod Crustacea from Shark Bay, Western Australia. In: Berry, P. F, Bradshaw, S. D. & Wilson, B. R. (Eds.), Research in Shark Bay. Report of the France - Australe Bicentenary Expedition Committee. 325 pp.
  • Davie, P. J. F. (2002) Crustacea: Malacostraca: Eucarida (Part 2). In: Wells, A. & Houston, W. W. K. (Eds.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 19.3 B. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne. 551 pp.
  • Schmitt, W. L., McCain, J. C. & Davidson, E. S. (1973) Decapoda I, Brachyura I Fam. Pinnotheridae. In: Gruner, H. - E. & Holthuis, L. B. (Eds.), Crustaceorum Catalogus 3. W. Junk, Den Haag. 160 pp.