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Lucifer J.V. Thompson, 1829 
AphiaID: 106827

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Eucarida (Superorder) > Decapoda (Order) > Dendrobranchiata (Suborder) > Sergestoidea (Superfamily) > Luciferidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Lucifer typus H. Milne Edwards, 1837 [in H. Milne Edwards, 1834-1840] (type by subsequent designation)
Parent Luciferidae De Haan, 1849 [in De Haan, 1833-1850]
Synonymised
taxa
  Leucifer H. Milne Edwards, 1837 [in H. Milne Edwards, 1834-1840] (incorrect subsequent spelling of Lucifer)
Sources  original description: Thompson, J.V. (1829). On the Luminosity of the Ocean, with descriptions of some remarkable species of Luminous Animals (Pyrosoma pigmaea and Sapphirina indicator) and particularly of the four new genera, Nocticula, Cynthia, Lucifer and Podopsis, of the Shizopodae, in: Thompson, J.V. (1828-1834). Zoological Researches, and illustrations; or, natural history of nondescript or imperfectly known animals, in a series of memoirs, illustrated by numerous figures. pp. 37-61, plates V-VIII (look up in IMIS[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: Pérez Farfante, I. & B. Kensley, 1997. Penaeoid and sergestoid shrimps and prawns of the world. Keys and diagnoses for the families and genera.— Mémoires du Muséum National d’Histoire naturelle 175: 1-233. [details]

additional source: De Grave, S. & C.H.J.M. Fransen. (2011). Carideorum catalogus: the recent species of the dendrobranchiate, stenopodidean, procarididean and caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda). Zool. Med. Leiden 85(9): 30.ix.2011: 195-589 figs 1-59. (look up in IMIS[details]

from synonym: Milne Edwards, H., 1834-1840. Histoire naturelle des Crustacés, comprenant l’anatomie, la physiologie et la classification de ces animaux: 1-468, 1-532, 1-638, 1-32, Plates 1-42. Librairie encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. [details] [view taxon]

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 Species Lucifer chacei Bowman, 1967
Species Lucifer faxoni Borradaile, 1915
Species Lucifer hanseni Nobili, 1905
Species Lucifer intermedius Hansen, 1919
Species Lucifer orientalis Hansen, 1919
Species Lucifer penicillifer Hansen, 1919
Species Lucifer typus H. Milne Edwards, 1837 [in H. Milne Edwards, 1834-1840]

Species Lucifer pacificus Dana, 1852 (nomen dubium)

Species Lucifer acestra Dana, 1852 accepted as Lucifer typus H. Milne Edwards, 1837 [in H. Milne Edwards, 1834-1840]
Species Lucifer acicularis Dana, 1852 accepted as Lucifer typus H. Milne Edwards, 1837 [in H. Milne Edwards, 1834-1840]
Species Lucifer affinis Borradaile, 1915 accepted as Lucifer faxoni Borradaile, 1915
Species Lucifer batei Borradaile, 1915 accepted as Lucifer typus H. Milne Edwards, 1837 [in H. Milne Edwards, 1834-1840]
Species Lucifer bonitensis Borradaile, 1915 accepted as Lucifer typus H. Milne Edwards, 1837 [in H. Milne Edwards, 1834-1840]
Species Lucifer clausi Borradaile, 1915 accepted as Lucifer typus H. Milne Edwards, 1837 [in H. Milne Edwards, 1834-1840]
Species Lucifer inermis Borradaile, 1915 accepted as Lucifer hanseni Nobili, 1905
Species Lucifer zybrantsii Philippi, 1857 accepted as Lucifer typus H. Milne Edwards, 1837 [in H. Milne Edwards, 1834-1840]
Environment marine
Link To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106827
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Türkay, Michael
2011-11-04 06:20:20Z  changed  Fransen, Charles
  
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  Citation: Fransen, C.; Türkay, M. (2013). Lucifer J.V. Thompson, 1829. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106827 on 2013-05-23
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