Species Calaxius acutirostris Sakai & de Saint Laurent, 1989
- Calaxius acutirostris Sakai, K. & de Saint Laurent, M. 1989. A check list of Axiidae (Decapoda, Crustacea, Thalassinidea, Anomura), with remarks and in addition descriptions of one new subfamily, eleven new genera and two new species. Naturalists 3: 1-104 [86 figs 23-25].
Type data:
Holotype MNHNP Th447 ♂, Madagascar.Secondary source:
Poore, G.C.B. & Collins, D.J. 2009. Australian Axiidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Axiidea). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 66: 221-287 [250-253, figs 18-20, 43].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Sakai, K. 2011. Axioidea of the world and a reconsideration of the Callianassoidea (Decapoda, Thalassinidea, Callianassida). Crustaceana Monographs 13: 1-616 [85]
Introduction
Poore (2020) suggested that species identified as C. acutirostris from the Coral Sea and northwestern Australia (Sakai 1994) and northwestern Australia (Poore & Collins 2009) could be C. manningi Kensley, Lin & Yu, 2000.
Distribution
States
Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west Pacific (Madagascar, Philippines); Australia - central and northern Western Australia, central Queensland to 27°S
IMCRA
Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Cape Province (20), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Transition (5)
Distribution References
- Poore, G.C.B. 2020. Axiid and micheleid lobsters from Indo-West Pacific deep-sea environments (Crustacea: Decapoda: Axiidea: Axiidae, Micheleidae). In: Corbari, L., Chan, T.-Y. and Ahyong, S.T. (eds) Deep-sea crustaceans from Papua New Guinea. Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos vol. 31. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] 213: 259-367 [282]
- Poore, G.C.B. & Collins, D.J. 2009. Australian Axiidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Axiidea). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 66: 221-287 [250]
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental slope.
Extra Ecological Information
Depth 219–400 m.
General References
Kensley, B., Lin, F-J. & Yu, H-P. 2000. Further records of Thalassinidean shrimps from Taiwan (Decapoda: Axiidae and Calocarididae), with descriptions of three new species. Journal of Crustacean Biology 20(Special Number 2): 207-217
Poore, G.C.B. 2020. Axiid and micheleid lobsters from Indo-West Pacific deep-sea environments (Crustacea: Decapoda: Axiidea: Axiidae, Micheleidae). In: Corbari, L., Chan, T.-Y. and Ahyong, S.T. (eds) Deep-sea crustaceans from Papua New Guinea. Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos vol. 31. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] 213: 259-367
Poore, G.C.B. & Collins, D.J. 2009. Australian Axiidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Axiidea). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 66: 221-287
Sakai, K. 1994. Eleven species of Australian Axiidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Thalassinidea) with descriptions of one new genus and five new species. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 11: 175-202 [192] (Australian record)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13-Mar-2025 | CRUSTACEA Brünnich, 1772 | 27-Dec-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Gary Poore |
| 08-May-2012 | 08-May-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 21-Dec-2010 | MODIFIED |