North Sea Benthos Project (NSBP)

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Anomura

Black coral diversity

AphiaID

106671 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106671)

Classification

Authority

MacLeay, 1838

Status

accepted

Rank

Infraorder

Parent

Pleocyemata

Direct children (15)

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Superfamily Aegloidea Dana, 1852
Superfamily Chirostyloidea Ortmann, 1892
Superfamily Eocarcinoidea Withers, 1932 †
Superfamily Galatheoidea Samouelle, 1819
Superfamily Gastrodoroidea Van Bakel, Fraaije, Jagt & Artal, 2008 †
Superfamily Hippoidea Latreille, 1825
Superfamily Lomisoidea Bouvier, 1894
Superfamily Paguroidea Latreille, 1802
Superfamily Birgusoidea Watabe, 2007 accepted as Paguroidea Latreille, 1802 (unjustified superfamily)
Superfamily Cancellochelloidea Watabe, 2007 accepted as Paguroidea Latreille, 1802 (unjustified superfamily)
Superfamily Cheiroplatoidea Watabe, 2007 accepted as Paguroidea Latreille, 1802 (unjustified superfamily)
Superfamily Kiwaoidea Macpherson, Jones & Segonzac, 2005 accepted as Chirostyloidea Ortmann, 1892 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Superfamily Lithodoidea Samouelle, 1819 accepted as Lithodidae Samouelle, 1819 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
Superfamily Pomatocheloidea Watabe, 2007 accepted as Paguroidea Latreille, 1802 (unjustified superfamily)
Superfamily Pylocheloidea Watabe, 2007 accepted as Paguroidea Latreille, 1802 (unjustified superfamily)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

MacLeay, W.S. (1838). Illustrations of the Annulosa of South Africa. On the brachyurous decapod Crustacea. Brought from the Cape by Dr. Smith. In: Smith, A. (ed.), Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa; consisting chiefly of Figures and Descriptions of the Objects of Natural History Collected during an Expedition into the Interior of South Africa, in the Years 1834, 1835, and 1836; fitted out by “The Cape of Good Hope Association for Exploring Central Africa”. Published under the Authority of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, London, pp. i–iv + 53–71, pls. 2, 3. [details]

Taxonomic citation

DecaNet (2025). Anomura. Accessed at: https://www.decanet.info/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106671 on 2025-04-06

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Türkay, Michael

2020-09-11 09:11:18Z

changed

De Grave, Sammy

2023-02-01 11:59:18Z

changed

Ahyong, Shane

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original description MacLeay, W.S. (1838). Illustrations of the Annulosa of South Africa. On the brachyurous decapod Crustacea. Brought from the Cape by Dr. Smith. In: Smith, A. (ed.), Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa; consisting chiefly of Figures and Descriptions of the Objects of Natural History Collected during an Expedition into the Interior of South Africa, in the Years 1834, 1835, and 1836; fitted out by “The Cape of Good Hope Association for Exploring Central Africa”. Published under the Authority of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, London, pp. i–iv + 53–71, pls. 2, 3. [details]

taxonomy source Poore, G. C. B. (2016). The names of the higher taxa of Crustacea Decapoda. Journal of Crustacean Biology. 36, 248-255., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/1937240X-00002415 [details] Available for editors

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]

context source (PeRMS) Moscoso, V. (2012). Catálogo de crustáceos decápodos y estomatópodos del Perú. Boletín Instituto del Mar del Perú. 27(1-2): 8-207., available online at https://repositorio.imarpe.gob.pe/handle/20.500.12958/2190 [details]

basis of record Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 284-292 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA). 124 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Brusca, R.C.; Brusca, G.J. (1990). Invertebrates. Sinauer Associates: Sunderland, MA (USA). ISBN 0-87893-098-1. 922 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]