Comprehensive Description
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Simocarcinus pyramidatus (Heller)
Huenia pyramidata Heller, 1861:307, pl. 1: fig. 9.
Simocarcinus simplex.—Rathbun, 1911:249 [not Huenia simplex Dana, 1852].
Simocarcinus pyramidatus.—Balss, 1929:11.
MATERIAL EXAMINED.—3 , 1 , 15.0–16.8 mm (USNM 135247–48).
Cocos (Keeling) Island: Lagoon 2 miles E of N end of West I., Virginia Orr Sta. B34, 24 ft, hard, fine sand and weed, dredged 11 February 1963, 2 specs.; lagoon, 300 yds off West I. just N of North Lagoon, 6 ft, heavy seaweed (Thalassis and Caulerpa spp.), 6 December 1963, R. T. Abbott, 2 specs.
DISTRIBUTION.—Red Sea; Indian Ocean: Aldabra, Mauritius, Seychelles, Ceylon, Nicobar, and Cocos (Keeling) islands.
- bibliographic citation
- Griffin, D. J. G. and International Indian Ocean Expedition, 1962-. 1974. "Spider crabs (Crustacea: Brachyura: Majidae) from the International Indian Ocean Expedition, 1963-1964." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-35. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.182
