Marine Species Identification Portal : Decorator crab

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Camposcia retusa Latreille, 1829

Scientific synonyms and common names

Camposcia retusa Latreille, 1829: 60. -- Milne Edwards H., 1834: 283, pl. 15, figs 15-16. -- Milne Edwards H., 1840: pl. 32, figs 1, 1a-b. -- de Man, 1887d: 219. -- Alcock, 1895a: 184. -- Klunzinger, 1906a: 15, figs 1-2, pl. 1, fig. 1. -- Stimpson, 1907: 19. -- Bouvier, 1915b: 238. -- Stebbing, 1918: 48. -- Sakai, 1935a: 65. -- Sakai, 1936b: 80, pl. 18, fig. 2. -- Sakai, 1938a: 228, fig. 18, pl. 23, fig. 3. -- Shen, 1940a: 218. -- Barnard, 1950: 12, fig. 1. -- Sakai, 1954: 74. -- Chang, 1963. -- Michel, 1964: 6. -- Sakai, 1965b: 69, pl. 30, fig. 1. -- Takeda, 1973d: 94, fig. 4A-B. -- Griffin, 1974: 7. -- Griffin & Tranter, 1974: 165. -- Sakai, 1976a: 170, pl. 48, fig. 4. -- Dai et al., 1978: 225, fig. 1a-c, pl. 1, fig. 1. -- Chen H., 1980b: 120, fig. 3, pl. 2, fig. 6. -- Hwang & Yu, 1980. -- Miyake, 1983: 25, pl. 9, fig. 3. -- Griffin & Tranter, 1986a: 22. -- Dai & Yang, 1991: 122, fig. 63A, pl. 13(4). -- Tirmizi & Kazmi, 1991: 119, fig. 34. -- Tzeng & Chen, 1992. -- Wada, 1995: 387, pl. 103, fig. 3. -- Wang & Liu, 1996a. -- Jeng, 1997. -- Jeng et al., 1997. -- Jeng, 1998. -- Muraoka, 1998: 23. -- Wang & Liu, 1998.
(Camposcia) retusus de Haan, 1833-1849 (1839): pl. H.

Decorator crab [English]
Mokuzutshoi [Japanese]

Alcock, A.W., 1895a. Materials for a carcinological fauna of India. No. 1. The Brachyura Oxyrhyncha. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 64, part 2(2): 157-291, pls 3-5.

Barnard, K.H., 1950. Descriptive catalogue of South African Decapod Crustacea (Crabs and Shrimps). Annals of the South African Museum, 38: 1-837, figs 1-154.

Bouvier, E.L., 1915b. Décapodes marcheurs (Reptantia) et Stomatopodes recueillis à l'île Maurice par M. Paul Carié. Bulletin scientifique de la France et de la Belgique, sér. 7, 48(3): 178-318 (1-141), figs 1-42, pls 4-7. [1915/V]

Chang, C.M., 1963. A check list of Taiwan crabs with descriptions of 19 new records. Tunghai Journal, Taichung, 5(2): 95-118, figs 1-10, pls 1-2.

Chen, H., 1980b. Studies on the crabs of the Xisha Islands, Guangdong Province, China. II. Studia marina sinica, 17: 117-147, figs 1-25, pls 1-4. (In Chinese with English summary).

Dai, A. & S. Yang, 1991. Crabs of the China Seas, i-iv, 1-608, figs 1-295, pls 1-74. China Ocean Press, Beijing and Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg New York Tokyo, English edition. (Translation from Chinese original 1986.)

Dai, A., S. Yang, Z. Feng & Y. Song, 1978. On the crabs of the Xisha Islands -- Oxyrhyncha. Acta zoologica sinica, 24(3): 225-230, figs 1-4, pl. 1. (In Chinese with English summary).

de Haan, W., 1833-1849. Crustacea. In: Ph.F. von Siebold, Fauna Japonica sive Descriptio Animalium, quae in Itinere per Japoniam, Jussu et Auspiciis Superiorum, qui Summum in India Batava Imperium Tenent, Suscepto, Annis 1823-1830 Collegit, Notis, Observationibus et Adumbrationibus Illustravit: ix-xvi, i-xxi, vii-xvii, 1-243, pls A-J, L-Q, 1-55, circ. tab. 2. (For dates see Sherborn & Jentink, 1895 and Holthuis, 1953.)

de Man, J.G., 1887d. Bericht über die von Herrn. Dr. J. Brock im indischen Archipel gesammelten Decapoden und Stomatopoden. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin, 53(1): 215-288, pls 7-10. (For dates of publication see Clark, Harrison & Goodman, 1990.)

Griffin, D.J.G. & H.A. Tranter, 1974. Spider crabs of the family Majidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) from the Red Sea. Israel Journal of Zoology, 23(3-4): 162-198, 3 figs, 2 pls, 2 tabs.

Griffin, D.J.G. & H.A. Tranter, 1986a. The Decapoda Brachyura of the Siboga Expedition. VIII. Majidae. Siboga Expeditie Monografie, 39(C4): 1-335, figs 1-112, pls 1-22.

Griffin, D.J.G., 1974. Spider Crabs (Crustacea: Brachyura: Majidae) from the International Indian Ocean Expedition, 1963-1964. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 182: i-iv, 1-35, figs 1-8, tabls 1-6.

Hwang, J.-J. & H.-P. Yu, 1980. A fauna-list of the Crustacea from Lan-Yu Island. Annual of Taiwan Museum, 23: 151-180. (in Chinese)

Jeng, M.-S., R.-G. Chan, H.-R. Fung, & Q.-S. Chen, 1997. Northeast Coast Scenic Area. Investigations into ecological resources and monitering. 194 pp. Ministry of Transport and Tourism. Taipei. (in Chinese)

Jeng, M.-S, 1997. Studies on the land and aquatic decapod crustacean fauna of the Kenting National Park (II) Communities of decapod crustaceans around the sea. ii+66 pp. Ministry of the Interior, Taipei. (in Chinese with English abstract)

Jeng, M.-S, 1998. The Prawns and Crabs of Kenting National Park. 133 pp. Kenting National Park Hand Guides No. 14. (in Chinese)

Klunzinger, C.B., 1906a. Die Spitz- und Spitzmundkrabben (Oxyrhyncha und Oxystomata) des Roten Meeres, Stuttgart: i-vii, 1-91, figs 1-13, pls 1-2.

Latreille, P.A., 1829. Les Crustacés, les Arachnides et le Insectes, distribués en familles naturelles. In: G. Cuvier, Le Règne Animal distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée, edition 2, 4: xxvii, 1-584. (Deterville, Paris).

Michel, C., 1964. Checklist of the Crustacea Brachyura (Crabs) recorded from Mauritius. Mauritius Institute Bulletin, 6(1): 1-48.

Milne-Edwards, H., 1834. Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés, comprenant l'anatomie, la physiologie et la classification de ces animaux. Libraire Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris, Vol. 1: i-xxxv, 1-468, pls 3, 5-6, 15-17, 20, 22-23, 25. (See Holthuis, 1979, for dates of publication.)

Milne-Edwards, H., 1840. Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés, comprenant l'anatomie, la physiologie et la classification de ces animaux. Libraire Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris, Vol. 3: iii, 1-638, pls 4, 9, 11-13, 14bis, 25bis, 26-42. (See Holthuis, 1979, for dates of publication.)

Miyake, S., 1983. Japanese Crustacean Decapods and Stomatopods in color. Vol. II. Brachyura (Crabs), i-viii, 1-277, pls 1-64. Hoikusha, Osaka. (In Japanese; second edition in 1992)

Muraoka, K., 1998. Catalogue of the Brachyuran and Anomuran Crabs donated by Prof. Dr. Tune Sakai to the Kanagawa Prefectural Museum. Catalogue of the Collection in the Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Natural History, 11: 5-67, pls 1-16.

Sakai, T., 1935a. List of marine animals around Shimoda area. Biological report of Shimoda Marine Biological Station, Tokyo University of Literature and Science, 1: 23-85, 3 pls, 2 maps (In Japanese)

Sakai, T., 1936b. Crabs of Japan: 66 plates in life colours with descriptions. Sanseido, Tokyo (1935): 1-239, figs 1-122, 27 pages of bibliography & index, frontispiece (in colour), pls 1-66 (colour). (In Japanese)

Sakai, T., 1938a. Studies on the crabs of Japan. III. Brachygnatha, Oxyrhyncha, pp 193-364, 55 figs, pls 20-41. Yokendo Co., Tokyo.

Sakai, T., 1954. Preliminary report on the Brachyuran Crustacea of Hachijo Island. Records of Oceanographic Works in Japan, 1(2): 73-77.

Sakai, T., 1965b. The Crabs of Sagami Bay, collected by His Majesty the Emperor of Japan, i-xvi, 1-206 (English text), figs 1-27, pls 1-100: 1-92 (Japanese text): 1-26 (references and index in English): 27-32 (index in Japanese), 1 map. Maruzen Co., Tokyo.

Sakai, T., 1976a. Crabs of Japan and the Adjacent Seas. (In 3 volumes: (1) English text: i-xxix, 1-773, figs 1-379, (2) Plates volume: 1-16, pls 1-251, (3) Japanese text: 1-461, figs 1-2, 3 maps.) Kodansha Ltd, Tokyo.

Shen, C.J., 1940a. The Brachyuran fauna of Hong Kong. J. Hong Kong fish. Res. Sta., 1(2): 211-242.

Stebbing, T.R.R., 1918. Some Crustacea of Natal. IV. Annals of Durban Museum, 2(2): 47-75, pls 8-12.

Stimpson, W., 1907. Report on the Crustacea (Brachyura and Anomura) collected by the North Pacific Exploring Expedition, 1853-1856. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, Washington, 49(1717): 1-240, pls 1-26.

Takeda, M., 1973d. Studies on the Crustacea Brachyura of the Palau Islands I. Dromiidae, Dynomenidae, Calappidae, Leucosiidae, Hymenosomatidae, Majidae and Parthenopidae. Bulletin of the Liberal Arts & Science Course, Nihon University School of Medicine, 1: 75-122, figs 1-6, pls 2-3.

Tirmizi, N.M. & Q.B. Kazmi, 1991. Marine fauna of Pakistan: 4. Crustacea: Brachyura (Dromiacea, Archaeobrachyura, Oxystomata, Oxyrhyncha). Univ Karachi BCCI (Bank Credit Commer Int) Foundation Chair, Publication No. 1 (1988): 1-244, figs 1-65, pls 1-4.

Tzeng, C.-S. & Y.-S. Chen, 1992. Guide to the seashore life in the East Coast, National Scenic Area of Taiwan. 221 pp. East Coast National Scenic Area Administration.

Wada, K., 1995. Brachyura. In: S. Nishimura, Guide to seashore animals of Japan with color pictures and keys. Vol. 2: 379-418, pls 101-118. (In Japanese)

Wang, C.-H. & H.-C. Liu, 1996a. Common Seashore crabs of Taiwan. Taiwan Museum, Taipei, pp 1-138. (in Chinese)

Wang, C.-H. & H.-C. Liu, 1998. Common Seashore Crabs of Taiwan. (Second edition) 136 pp. Taiwan Museum, Taipei. (in Chinese)

Decorator crab (Camposcia retusa)