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
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.156571
063d162c-e41a-4af1-89ab-a678ab3d49f5
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156571
Orthotheres haliotidis
Geiger & Martin, 1999
Orthotheres haliotidis
Geiger & Martin, 1999
: 273
–278, figs. 1–7 [
type
locality: between Lizard Head and Coconut Beach, Lizard Island, Queensland,
Australia
].
Pinnixa faba
. —
Haswell, 1882
: 113
. —
Grant & McCulloch, 1906
: 6
, 23. —
Schmitt et al., 1973
: 108
–109 [northern Australian references only]. —
Geiger & Martin, 1999
: 269
, 270. —
Davie, 2002
: 431
. [Not
Pinnixa faba
(Dana, 1851)
].
Material. QLD:
AM G5919,
2 males
(cw 6.7–7.0 mm, cl
6.2–6.4 mm
),
1 female
(cw
9.8 mm
, cl
7.2 mm
), Masthead Id.,
23°32’S
,
151°44’E
, from
Haliotis asinina
, F. E. Grant
; AM P14875 (identified by Haswell as
Pinnixia faba
),
1 female
(cw
12.7 mm
, cl 9.0 mm), Holbourne Id., Port Denison, found in
Haliotis coccoradiata
; AM P3155,
2 females
(cw
12.3– 12.7 mm
, cl
7.9–8.8 mm
), Masthead Id.,
23°32’S
,
151°44’E
, from
Haliotis asinina
, A. McCulloch & E. Troughton, Aug 1912
.
Australian hosts.
Gastropod molluscs,
Haliotidae
.
Haliotis asinina
Linnaeus, 1758
(
Grant & McCulloch, 1906
;
Geiger & Martin, 1999
),
H. coccoradiata
Reeve, 1846 (
Haswell, 1882
)
;
H. squamata
Reeve, 1846 (
Geiger & Martin, 1999
)
.
Remarks.
Rathbun (1918)
was the first to suggest that Haswell's (1882) record of
Pinnixia faba
from
Australia
was probably incorrect.
Geiger & Martin (1999)
further suggested that most previous records of
Pinnixa faba
from
Australia
could have been based on
Orthotheres haliotidis
. Thomson’s (1893) report of
Pinnixia faba
from Tasmania, perpetuated by
Guiler (1952)
is almost certainly based on
Pinnotheres hickmani
, the common Tasmanian species. Other primary records of
P. f a b a
from
Australia
are based on specimens in the collections of the Australian Museum; all were reexamined and are referable to
O
.
haliotidis
. The specimen from Holbourne Island, Port Denison (AM P14875), is the basis of Haswell’s (1882) record and those from Masthead Island (G5919) are the basis of Grant & McCulloch’s (1906) record. Subsequent reports of
Pinnixia faba
from
Australia
(i.e.
Schmitt et al. 1973
,
Davie 2002
) are based on the original records of
Haswell (1882)
and
Grant & McCulloch (1906)
.
Distribution.
Australia
, from Fremantle, Western
Australia
and Lizard Island, Masthead Island, Rat Island, and Port Denison, Queensland (
Geiger & Martin 1999, this study
).