Genus Phylladiorhynchus Baba, 1969
- Phylladiorhynchus Baba, K. 1969. Four new genera with their representatives and six new species of the Galatheidae in the collection of the Zoological Laboratory, Kyushu University, with redefinition of the genus Galathea. Ohmu. Occasional Papers of Zoological Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan 2(1): 1-32 [3].
Type species:
Galathea pusilla Henderson, 1885 by original designation.
Introduction
The genus recovered as monophyletic in the combined molecular and morphological phylogenetic analysis of Rodríguez-Flores et al. (2022).
P. integrirostris was redescribed by Schnabel et al 2019 and does not occur in Australia.
Excluded Taxa
- Misidentifications
GALATHEIDAE: Phylladiorhynchus integrirostris (Dana, 1852) [Western Australian records reidentified as Phylladiorhynchus asclepius Rodríguez-Flores, Macpherson & Machordom, 2021 or P. spinosus Schnabel & Ahyong, 2019; and Lord Howe Rise records as P. triginta Schnabel & Ahyong, 2019. The species is confined to the Hawaiian Islands.] — Schnabel, K.E. & Ahyong, S.T. 2019. The squat lobster genus Phylladiorhynchus Baba, 1969 in New Zealand and eastern Australia, with description of six new species. Zootaxa 4688(3): 301-347 [339]; Rodríguez-Flores, P.C., Macpherson, E. & Machordom, A. 2021. Revision of the squat lobsters of the genus Phylladiorhynchus Baba, 1969 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Galatheidae) with the description of 41 new species. Zootaxa 5008: 1-159 [51]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Pacific Ocean.
IMCRA
Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Lord Howe Province (14), Norfolk Island Province (21), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), 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), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
General References
Rodríguez-Flores, P., Macpherson, E., Schnabel, K., Ahyong, S., Corbari, L., & Machordom, A. 2022. Depth as a driver of evolution and diversification of ancient squat lobsters (Decapoda, Galatheoidea, Phylladiorhynchus). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 171: 1-19
Schnabel, K.E. & Ahyong, S.T. 2019. The squat lobster genus Phylladiorhynchus Baba, 1969 in New Zealand and eastern Australia, with description of six new species. Zootaxa 4688(3): 301-347 [304]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13-Mar-2025 | CRUSTACEA Brünnich, 1772 | 10-Jan-2025 | MODIFIED | Dr Gary Poore |
| 10-May-2022 | DECAPODA Latreille, 1802 | 21-Sep-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 01-Jul-2020 | Phylladiorhynchus Baba, 1969 | 22-May-2020 | MODIFIED | |
| 24-Apr-2012 | 24-Apr-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |