Genus Sternostylus Baba, Ahyong & Schnabel, 2018
- Sternostylus Baba, K., Ahyong, S.T. & Schnabel, K.E. 2018. Rediagnosis of the squat lobster genus Gastroptychus Caullery, 1896, with a new genus Sternostylus and a new family Sternostylidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Chirostyloidea). Zootaxa 4524(12–16): 77–86 [81].
Type species:
Ptychogaster formosus Filhol, 1884 by original designation.
Excluded Taxa
- Misidentifications
STERNOSTYLIDAE: Sternostylus hendersoni (Alcock & Anderson, 1899) [misidenification of Tasmanian specimens by Ayhong & Poore (2004) now S. niwa Schnabel, 2020.] — Ahyong, S.T. & Poore, G.C.B. 2004. The Chirostylidae of southern Australia (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura). Zootaxa 436: 1-88; Schnabel, K. 2020. The marine fauna of New Zealand. Squat lobsters (Crustacea, Decapoda, Chirostyloidea). NIWA Biodiversity Memoir 132: 1-351 [317]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Tasmania, Western Australia
IMCRA
Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Lord Howe Province (14), Northwest Shelf Transition (26)
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 |
| DECAPODA Latreille, 1802 | 07-Mar-2019 | ADDED | Dr Shane Ahyong |