Memoirs of the Queensland Museum – Nature 56

A new record of Dardanus australis Forest & Morgan, 1991 (Crustacea: Anomura: Diogenidae) from off northern New South Wales, eastern Australia

Citation

Davie, P.J.F. & Miller, M.E. 2013. A new record of Dardanus australis Forest & Morgan, 1991 (Crustacea: Anomura: Diogenidae) from off northern New South Wales, eastern Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum – Nature 56(2): 631-638. Brisbane. ISSN 0079-8835. https://doi.org/10.17082/j.2204-1478.56.2.2013-19

Published online

30 June 2013

Peer reviewed

Yes

DOI

https://doi.org/10.17082/j.2204-1478.56.2.2013-19

Keywords

Decapoda, Diogenidae, Dardanus, New South Wales, Australia, deep water, new record

Abstract 

Dardanus australis Forest & Morgan, 1991, is reported from off Nambucca Heads, New South Wales, markedly increasing its known distribution in Australian waters. It was captured in a deep water lobster trap at 137 m. It is diagnosed and refigured, and notes on variation in colour and morphology are given. It is characterised by its pattern of spination, subequal chelipeds, proportions of the ocular peduncles, colour pattern, and its large size (to at least 36.5 mm shield length).