North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

WoRMS taxon details

Hepatus epheliticus (Linnaeus, 1763)

AphiaID

158420 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158420)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Hepatus Bosc, 1801

Original name

Cancer epheliticus Linnaeus, 1763

Synonymised names

Cancer decorus Herbst, 1803 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cancer epheliticus Linnaeus, 1763 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Hepatus vanbenedenii Herklots, 1852 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Cancer epheliticus Linnaeus, 1763) Linnaeus, C. (1763). Centuria Insectorum rariorum quam quam consent. experimentiss. Fac. Med. in Regia Academia Upsaliensi, praeside nobilissimo atque celeberrimo D:o Doct. Carolo von Linné, publico examini submittit Boas Johansson, Calmariensis. In Audit. Carol. Maj. D. xxiii. Junii. Anni MDCCLXIII. H. A. M. S. Hojer, Upsaliae, [6] + 32 pp. [Published 23 June 1763]. [details]

Descriptive notes

Distribution Chesapeake Bay to western Bay of Campeche, Mexico; Cuba; Jamaica; Dominican Republic

Distribution Chesapeake Bay to western Bay of Campeche, Mexico; Cuba; Jamaica; Dominican Republic [details]

Taxonomic citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Hepatus epheliticus (Linnaeus, 1763). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158420 on 2025-01-28

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-26 07:43:32Z

created

Cuvelier, Daphne

2010-02-25 15:57:43Z

changed

Davie, Peter

2022-03-11 13:04:36Z

changed

De Grave, Sammy

Licensing

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[taxonomic tree]

original description (of Cancer decorus Herbst, 1803) Herbst, J.F.W. (1799-1804). Versuch einer Naturgeschichte der Krabben und Krebse &c. &c. Dritter Band. Gottlieb August Lange, Berlin und Stralsund, 66 + 46+ 54 + 49 pp., 16 pls. [details]

original description (of Cancer epheliticus Linnaeus, 1763) Linnaeus, C. (1763). Centuria Insectorum rariorum quam quam consent. experimentiss. Fac. Med. in Regia Academia Upsaliensi, praeside nobilissimo atque celeberrimo D:o Doct. Carolo von Linné, publico examini submittit Boas Johansson, Calmariensis. In Audit. Carol. Maj. D. xxiii. Junii. Anni MDCCLXIII. H. A. M. S. Hojer, Upsaliae, [6] + 32 pp. [Published 23 June 1763]. [details]

original description (of Hepatus vanbenedenii Herklots, 1852) Herklots, J.A. (1852). Notice carcinologique. Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde. 1(5): 35-37; 1 pl. [details]

basis of record Williams, A. B. (1984). Shrimps, Lobsters, and Crabs of the Atlantic Coast of the Eastern United States, Maine to Florida. Smithsonian Institution Press. [details] Available for editors

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additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

additional source Felder, D. L., Álvarez. F.,Goy, J.W. & Lemaitre, R. (2009). Decapoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, with comments on the Amphionidacea,. Felder, D.L., and Camp, D.K. (eds), Gulf of Mexico - Origins, Waters, and Biota. Vol. 1. Biodiversity. Pp. 1019–1104 (Texas A&M University Press: College Station, Texas)., available online at http://biogomx.net/sites/default/files/pdfs/chapters/59-Felder%20et%20al%202009-Decapoda%20of%20the%20GoMx.pdf [details]