Grapsus peroni H. Milne Edwards, 1853

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Grapsus Peroni H. Milne Edwards, 1853: 135 [169].

CURRENT TAXONOMIC STATUS. — Junior subjective synonym of Grapsus albolineatus Lamarck, 1818 (Banerjee 1960: 147, 154; Davie 2002: 213; credited to Latreille in Milbert, 1812 by Ng et al. 2008: 216; see above).

LECTOTYPE (by present designation). — MNHN-IU-2000-10934 (= MNHN-B10934), ♂ 44.8 × 48.9 mm, Australia, coll. Péron & Lesueur. — Original label: “ Grapsus strigosus Herbst (= Grapsus Peroni Edw.), Nouvelle-Hollande, MM. Péron & Lesueur”.

PRESERVATION. — Dry.

REMARKS

Grapsus peroni was dedicated to François Péron, who attended the Baudin Expedition to the “ Terres Australes ” (1800-1804) (Baudin 1974), i.e., the southern coast of Australia, at that time “ Nouvelle-Hollande [New Holland]”. The other name on the original label refers to Charles-Alexandre Lesueur, also a member of the Baudin Expedition (see Appendix).

Crosnier (1965: 17) could not find the type of this species in the MNHN collection. Davie (2002: 213), however, presumed the presence of syntypes, but a single specimen was found in the MNHN.