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Aegla concepcionensis Schmitt, 1942

Tiger crab

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Aeglea concepcionensis Schmitt, 1942

 

Conservation Status

Rediscovered in the wild

 

Distribution

Colchagua and Concepcion Provinces, Chile

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

Holotype, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., United States of America 79078 (1 male).

Paratype: Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America 12314 (1 male).

Source for above listings: http://tolweb.org/Aegla_concepcionensis/76276

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Schmitt, W. L. (1942a). Two new species of Aeglea from Chile. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural. 44: 25-31.


Other references:

Bond-Buckup, G. and Buckup, L. (1994). A Familia Aeglidae (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura). Arquivos de Zoologia 32: 159-347.

Bond-Buckup, G.; Jara, C. G.; Pérez-Losada, M.; Buckup, L.; Crandall, K. A. (2007). Global diversity of crabs (Aeglidae: Anomura: Decapoda) in freshwater. Hydrobiologia. 595(1): 267-273. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-007-9022-4

Brauer, Logan A. (2020). Habitat Assessment to Enable Use of Dogs to Monitor At-risk Species in Nonguen National Reserve, Chile. Oral presentation.

Catchpole, Sam, Barría, Erwin M., González, Pablo S. and Rivera, Reinaldo. (2021). Population and reproductive structure in the endangered and highly endemic freshwater crab Aegla concepcionensis (Decapoda:Pleocyemata:Aeglidae) from Chile. Acta Zoologica. https://doi.org/10.1111/azo.12408

Correa-Araneda, Francisco et al. (2022). Extension of the known distribution range and habitat use of the Tiger Crab Aegla concepcionensis Schmitt, 1942 (Decapoda, Aeglidae). Limnetica 41(1): 163-179. doi:10.23818/limn.41.13

Crandall, Keith A. (2007). Aegla concepcionensis Schmitt 1942. Version 10 January 2007 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Aegla_concepcionensis/76276/2007.01.10 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/

Iraira, Juan et al. (2018). Línea base de cangrejito tigre, Aegla concepcionensis (Arthropoda: Malascostraca) en la Reserva Nacional Nonguén, Región del Biobío / Base line for Aegla concepcionensis (Arthropoda: Malascostraca) at Nonguén National Reserve, Region of Biobío. Biodiversitata 6: 40-46.

Jara, C. G. (1996). Taxonomía, Sistemática y Zoogeografía de las especies chilenas del género Aegla Leach (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Aeglidae). Tesis, Escuela de Graduados, Universidad de Concepción, Chile. No publicada.

Jara, C. G. (2013). A checklist of the Chilean species of the genus Aegla (Decapoda, Anomura, Aeglidae). Crustaceana 86(12): 1433-1440. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685403-00003258

Pérez‐Losada, M., Bond‐Buckup, G., Jara, C. G. and Crandall, K. A. (2009). Conservation assessment of southern South American freshwater ecoregions on the basis of the distribution and genetic diversity of crabs from the genus Aegla. Conservation Biology 23(3): 692-702.

Pérez-Losada, Marcos, Jara, C. G., Bond-Buckup, G. and Crandall, K. A. (2002). Conservation phylogenetics of Chilean freshwater crabs Aegla (Anomura, Aeglidae): assigning priorities for aquatic habitat protection. Biological Conservation 105: 345-353.

Schmitt, W. L. (1942b). The species of Aegla, endemic South American fresh-water crustaceans. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institution, 91(3132):432-520, pls. 25-28.

Ulloa-Yáñez, Alfredo A. et al. (2023). Preliminary records of abundance and morphometry of the tiger crab, Aegla concepcionensis (Schmitt, 1942) (Anomura, Aeglidae) in a lake of southern Chile. Crustaceana 96(8): 751-765. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685403-bja10309

Valdovinos Zarges, Claudio Rodolfo. (2018). Aspectos biológicos y ecológicos para la conservación de Aegla concepcionensis (Schmitt, 1942) (Decapoda, Aeglidae). Thesis, Universidad de Concepción, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Oceanográficas.

WoRMS (2021). Aegla concepcionensis Schmitt, 1942. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=366980 on 2021-10-31

 

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