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Thaumastocheles zaleucus (Thomson, 1873) 
AphiaID: 382871

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Eucarida (Superorder) > Decapoda (Order) > Macrura Reptantia (Suborder) > Astacidea (Infraorder) > Nephropoidea (Superfamily) > Nephropidae (Family) > Thaumastocheles (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Thaumastocheles Wood-Mason, 1874
Synonymised
taxa		  Astacus zaleucus Thomson, 1873 (basionym)
Sources  basis of record: Felder, D. L., F. Álvarez, J. W. Goy, and R. Lemaitre. 2009. Decapoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, with Comments on the Amphionidacea, Pp. 1019–1104 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas [details]

context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English Atlantic pincer lobster  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution type locality: Sombrero Island [details]
FAO fishing area 31 [details]
Gulf of Mexico [details]
West Indies [details]
Specimen  Holotype: BM 88.22, locality Sombrero Island (Challenger Station 23) [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To IUCN Red List
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Decapod Collection
To ITIS
Note  Depth range: Deep-sea species from 640 to 1054 m depth. Bottom very flat, of soft mud (ooze). Possibly a burrowing species. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:382871
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2009-02-23 14:08:32Z  created  Chan, Tin-Yam
  
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  Citation: Chan, T. (2013). Thaumastocheles zaleucus (Thomson, 1873). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382871 on 2013-05-20
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