WoRMS taxon details
Menaethiops Alcock, 1895
AphiaID: 204711
AphiaID: 204711
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Eucarida (Superorder) > Decapoda (Order) > Pleocyemata (Suborder) > Brachyura (Infraorder) > Eubrachyura (Section) > Heterotremata (Subsection) > Majoidea (Superfamily) > Epialtidae (Family) > Epialtinae (Subfamily) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | |||||||||||||||||||
| Typetaxon | Menaethiops bicornis Alcock, 1895 (type by monotypy) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Epialtinae MacLeay, 1838 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Parahoplophrys Nobili, 1905 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Barnard, K.H., 1950. Descriptive catalogue of South African decapod Crustacea (crabs and shrimps).— Annals of the South African Museum 38: 1-837. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Menaethiops acutifrons (A. Milne-Edwards, 1868) Species Menaethiops bicornis Alcock, 1895 Species Menaethiops brevicornis (A. Milne-Edwards, 1868) Species Menaethiops contiguicornis (Klunzinger, 1906) Species Menaethiops delagoae Barnard, 1955 Species Menaethiops dubius Balss, 1929 Species Menaethiops fascicularis (Krauss, 1843) Species Menaethiops gadaniensis Kazmi & Tirmizi, 1999 Species Menaethiops moebii Türkay, 1981 Species Menaethiops natalensis Barnard, 1955 Species Menaethiops ninii Guinot, 1964 Species Menaethiops nodulosus (Nobili, 1905) Species Menaethiops okai Sakai, 1935 Species Menaethiops portoricensis Rathbun, 1924 Species Menaethiops xiphias Griffin & Tranter, 1986 Species Menaethiops dubia Balss, 1929 accepted as Menaethiops dubius Balss, 1929 Species Menaethiops monoceros accepted as Menaethius monoceros (Latreille, 1825) Species Menaethiops ninnii Guinot, 1962 accepted as Menaethiops ninii Guinot, 1964 Species Menaethiops nodulosa (Nobili) accepted as Menaethiops nodulosus (Nobili, 1905) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||||||||
| Note |
Classification: Placed under family Majidae in Vine, P., 1986 and in Griffin & Tranter, 1974 <244>. [details] | |||||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204711 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Davie, P. (2013). Menaethiops Alcock, 1895. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204711 on 2013-05-18 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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