WoRMS taxon details
Gastroptychus defensus (Benedict, 1902)
AphiaID: 392021
AphiaID: 392021
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Eucarida (Superorder) > Decapoda (Order) > Pleocyemata (Suborder) > Anomura (Infraorder) > Chirostyloidea (Superfamily) > Chirostylidae (Family) > Gastroptychus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||
| Parent | Gastroptychus Caullery, 1896 | |||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Chirostylus defensus (Benedict, 1902) Gastroptychus defensa (Benedict, 1902) Ptychogaster defensa Benedict, 1902 | |||||||
| Sources |
original description: Benedict, J.E. (1902) Description of a new genus and forty six new species of crustaceans of the family Galatheidae with a list of the known marine species. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 26, 243-334. [details] basis of record: Baba K., Macpherson E., Poore G., Ahyong S., Bermudez A., Cabezas P., Lin C., Nizinski M., Rodrigues C. & Schnabel K. 2008. Catalogue of squat lobsters of the world (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura—families Chirostylidae, Galatheidae and Kiwaidae). (Zootaxa 1905). 220 pp.; 30 cm. [details] context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] | |||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||
| Link | To Encyclopedia of Life | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:392021 | |||||||
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| Citation: Macpherson, E. (2013). Gastroptychus defensus (Benedict, 1902). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=392021 on 2013-05-22 | ||||||||
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