Australian Museum Journal Deepwater decapod Crustacea from eastern Australia: brachyuran crabs
- Shortform:
- Griffin and Brown, 1976, Rec. Aust. Mus. 30(11): 248–271
- Author(s):
- Griffin, D. J. G.; Brown, Diane E.
- Year published:
- 1976
- Title:
- Deepwater decapod Crustacea from eastern Australia: brachyuran crabs
- Serial title:
- Records of the Australian Museum
- Volume:
- 30
- Issue:
- 11
- Start page:
- 248
- End page:
- 271
- DOI:
- 10.3853/j.0067-1975.30.1976.394
- Language:
- English
- Date published:
- 26 August 1976
- Cover date:
- 26 August 1976
- ISSN:
- 0067-1975
- CODEN:
- RAUMAJ
- Publisher:
- The Australian Museum
- Place published:
- Sydney, Australia
- Subjects:
- CRUSTACEA: DECAPODA; TAXONOMY
- Digitized:
- 10 February 2009
- Available online:
- 04 March 2009
- Reference number:
- 394
- EndNote package:
- EndNote file
- Title page:
- Title page (84kb PDF)
- Complete work:
- Complete work (3105kb PDF)
Abstract
Fourteen species of crabs from the lower continental shelf and slope off eastern Australia are discussed. Included are two new species, one belonging to the homolid genus Homolochunia (which is also recorded from near New Caledonia) and one belonging to the cymonomid genus Cymonomus. The majids Cyrtomaia suhmi and Leptomithrax richardsonii the geryonid Geryon affinis and the goneplacid Litocheira kingsleyi are recorded from Australia for the first time. The new species are described and illustrated.
The deepwater crab fauna of eastern Australia as it is presently known is compared with that of other nearby areas in the Indo-West Pacific.