Description of Durckheimia lochi n. sp., with an annotated checklist of Australian Pinnotheridae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura)
Author
Ahyong, Shane T.
Author
Brown, Diane E.
text
Zootaxa
2003
254
1
20
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.156571
063d162c-e41a-4af1-89ab-a678ab3d49f5
11755326
156571
Pinnotheres edwardsi
de
Man, 1888
Pinnotheres Edwardsi
de
Man, 1888
: 103
, pl. 6: figs. 6–9 [
type
locality: King Island Bay, Mergui Archipelago].
Pinnotheres edwardsi
. —
Montgomery, 1931
: 406
, 450–451. —
Gordon, 1936
: 166
. —
Jones, 1990
: 202
. —
Davie, 2002
: 432
.
Material. QLD:
AM P5203,
1 female
(cw
6.9 mm
, cl 6.0 mm), Palm Id.,
18°40’S
,
146°33’E
, from cockle shell, E. Rainford.
Australian hosts.
Bivalve molluscs. Pearl oysters (probably
Pinctada
sp.,
Pteriidae
) (
Montgomery 1931
). Cockles (probably
Cardiidae
) (this study).
Distribution.
Mergui Archipelago,
Indonesia
,
Singapore
, and
Australia
(
Schmitt et al. 1973
). The Australian range includes Shark Bay, Houtman Abrolhos Islands, Western
Australia
(
Jones 1990
), and now Palm Island, Queensland.