Species Austrotheres holothuriensis (Baker, 1907)
Striped Sea Crab
- Pinnotheres holothuriensis Baker, W.H. 1907. Notes on South Australian Decapod Crustacea. Part V. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 31(5): 173-191 pls 23-25 [177 pl. 23 fig. 3] [in Baker, 1907 this species was originally named as Pinnoteres holothuriensis; however, this was a misspelling of the genus Pinnotheres].
Type data:
Syntype(s) SAMA C1388, Gulf St Vincent, SA; SAMA C1389, Gulf St Vincent, SA.
Generic Combinations
- Austrotheres holothuriensis (Baker, 1907). —
Ahyong, S.T. 2018. Revision of Ostracotheres H. Milne Edwards, 1853 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Pinnotheridae). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 66: 538–371 [550] - Ostracotheres holothuriensis (Baker, 1907). —
Pregenzer, C. Jr 1988. A redescription of Pinnotheres holothuriensis Baker, 1907 and Pinnotheres subglobosus Baker, 1907 with a reassignment to the genus Ostracotheres (Decapoda, Brachyura). Crustaceana 55: 17-28 [21–28, figs. 10–16,12a, 17–19]
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Ostracotheres holothuriensis. —
Ahyong, S.T. & Brown, D.E. 2003. Description of Durckheimia lochi n. sp., with an annotated checklist of Australian Pinnotheridae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura). Zootaxa 254: 1–20 [Date published 1 August 2003] [11-12]
Ng, P.K.L, Guinot, D. & Davie, P.J.F. 2008. Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant brachyuran crabs of the world. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 17: 1-286 [Date published 31 January 2008] [250] - Pinnotheres holothuriensis. —
Tesch, J.J. 1918. The Decapoda Brachyura of the Siboga-Expedition. II, Goneplacidae and Pinnotheridae. Siboga Expéditie Monographie 39(c1): 149-295 pls 7-18 [262]
Hale, H.M. 1927. The Crustaceans of South Australia. Eumalacostraca. Adelaide : Government Printer Vol. 1 201 pp., 202 figs. [173, 174, fig. 175]
Schmitt, W.L., McCain, J.C. & Davidson, E.S. 1973. Decapoda I: Brachyura I: Fam. Pinnotheridae. Crustaceorum Catalogus 3: 1-160 [6, 14, 49–50]
Davie, P. 2002. Crustacea: Malacostraca: Eucarida (Part 2): Decapoda—Anomura, Brachyura. In Wells, A. & Houston, W.W.K. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 19.3B. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia xiv 641 pp. [433] - Ostracotheres (?) (‘Pinnotheres’) holothuriensis. —
Tesch, J.J. 1918. The Decapoda Brachyura of the Siboga-Expedition. II, Goneplacidae and Pinnotheridae. Siboga Expéditie Monographie 39(c1): 149-295 pls 7-18 [287] (list) - Pinnotheres obesus [not Pinnotheres obesa Dana, 1852]. —
Schmitt, W.L., McCain, J.C. & Davidson, E.S. 1973. Decapoda I: Brachyura I: Fam. Pinnotheridae. Crustaceorum Catalogus 3: 1-160 [60]
Davie, P. 2002. Crustacea: Malacostraca: Eucarida (Part 2): Decapoda—Anomura, Brachyura. In Wells, A. & Houston, W.W.K. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 19.3B. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia xiv 641 pp. [433-434] - Pinnoteres obesa [not Pinnotheres obesa Dana, 1852]. —
Fulton, S.W. & Grant, F.E. 1906. Some little known Victorian decapod Crustacea, with descriptions of new species.—No. III. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 2 19(1): 5-15 pls 3-5 [18]
Distribution
States
South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36)
Distribution References
- Ahyong, S.T. 2018. Revision of Ostracotheres H. Milne Edwards, 1853 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Pinnotheridae). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 66: 538–371 [548]
- Ahyong, S.T. & Brown, D.E. 2003. Description of Durckheimia lochi n. sp., with an annotated checklist of Australian Pinnotheridae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura). Zootaxa 254: 1–20 [Date published 1 August 2003] [11-12]
- Pregenzer, C. Jr 1988. A redescription of Pinnotheres holothuriensis Baker, 1907 and Pinnotheres subglobosus Baker, 1907 with a reassignment to the genus Ostracotheres (Decapoda, Brachyura). Crustaceana 55: 17-28
Ecological Descriptors
Commensal (host(s): Herdmania grandis (Heller, 1878) [PYURIDAE] (Host records of H. momus Savigny, 1816 may be referable to this species (Ahyong 2018))), sublittoral.
Extra Ecological Information
Found inside holothurians and ascidians, able to swim and possibly not confined to host, to 22 m depth.
Associated Fauna References
Ahyong, S.T. 2018. Revision of Ostracotheres H. Milne Edwards, 1853 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Pinnotheridae). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 66: 538–371 [552] (Herdmania grandis)
General References
Hale, H.M. 1927. The Crustaceans of South Australia. Eumalacostraca. Adelaide : Government Printer Vol. 1 201 pp., 202 figs. (illustration and description)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29-May-2025 | EUBRACHYURA Saint Laurent, 1980 | 29-May-2025 | MODIFIED | |
| 13-Mar-2025 | CRUSTACEA Brünnich, 1772 | 20-May-2025 | MODIFIED | Dr Gary Poore |
| 10-May-2022 | DECAPODA Latreille, 1802 | 29-May-2025 | MODIFIED | |
| 03-Mar-2022 | PINNOTHERIDAE De Haan, 1833 | 29-May-2025 | MODIFIED | |
| 04-Aug-2021 | BRACHYURA Latreille, 1802 | 29-May-2025 | MODIFIED | Dr Genefor Walker-Smith (NMV) |
| 05-Aug-2020 | DECAPODA Latreille, 1802 | 29-May-2025 | MODIFIED | |
| 05-Dec-2019 | DECAPODA Latreille, 1802 | 29-May-2025 | MODIFIED | Dr Shane Ahyong |
| 22-Dec-2016 | DECAPODA Latreille, 1803 | 29-May-2025 | MODIFIED | Dr Shane Ahyong |
| 04-Jun-2012 | 04-Jun-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 29-Jun-2011 | 29-Jun-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 10-May-2012 | 29-May-2025 | MODIFIED | ||
| 29-May-2025 | MODIFIED |