WoRMS taxon details
Menippe nodifrons Stimpson, 1859
241128 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:241128)
accepted
Species
Menippe nanus A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1898 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Menippe rudis A. Milne-Edwards, 1879 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Stimpson, W. (1859). Notes on North American Crustacea, no. 1. <em>Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York.</em> 7(11): 49-93, 1 pl. [details] 
Depth range Shallow-waters (0-100 m)
Depth range Shallow-waters (0-100 m) [details]
DecaNet eds. (2026). DecaNet. Menippe nodifrons Stimpson, 1859. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=241128 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Stimpson, W. (1859). Notes on North American Crustacea, no. 1. <em>Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York.</em> 7(11): 49-93, 1 pl. [details]
original description (of Menippe nanus A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1898) Milne-Edwards, A.; Bouvier, E.-L. (1898). Crustacés nouveaux provenant des campagnes du Travailleur et du Talisman. <em>Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris.</em> 4: 32-35, 75-77, 152-154, 183-190, 234-238., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.327997 [details]
original description (of Menippe rudis A. Milne-Edwards, 1879) Milne-Edwards, A. (1873-1880). Études sur les xiphosures et les crustacés de la région mexicaine. In: Mission scientifique au Mexique et dans l'Amérique centrale, ouvrage publié par odre du Ministre de l'Instruction publique. Recherches Zoologiques pour servir à l'histoire de la faune de l'Amérique centrale et du Mexique, publiées sous la direction de M. H. Milne Edwards, membre de l'Institut. Imprimerie nationale, Paris. Cinquième partie. Tome premier. [8 unpaginated] + 1–368 + [63 unpaginated plate legends], pls. 1–61 + 5A + 31A [= 63 plates]. {Dates of publication—Livraison 1: [6 unpaginated] + pp. 1–24, pls. 1–7: 20 September 1873; Livraison 2: pp. 25–56, pls. 8–14: 28 October 1873; Livraison 3: pp. 57–120, pls. 15–20: 4 December 1875; Livraison 4: pp. 121–184, pls. 21–27, 29, 30: 1878; Livraison 5: pp. 185–224, pls. 31–39: 1879; Livraison 6: pp. 225–264, pls. 40–43, 45–48, 5A: 1879; Livraison 7: pp. 265–312, pls. 31A, 44, 49–54: 1880; Livraison 8: pp. 313–368 + [8 unpaginated pp.], pls. 55–61: 1880}. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/209106
page(s): p. 264 [details]
basis of record Charles H.J.M. Fransen (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Menippe nanus A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1898) Milne-Edwards, A.; Bouvier, E.-L. (1898). Crustacés nouveaux provenant des campagnes du Travailleur et du Talisman. <em>Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris.</em> 4: 32-35, 75-77, 152-154, 183-190, 234-238., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.327997 [details]
original description (of Menippe rudis A. Milne-Edwards, 1879) Milne-Edwards, A. (1873-1880). Études sur les xiphosures et les crustacés de la région mexicaine. In: Mission scientifique au Mexique et dans l'Amérique centrale, ouvrage publié par odre du Ministre de l'Instruction publique. Recherches Zoologiques pour servir à l'histoire de la faune de l'Amérique centrale et du Mexique, publiées sous la direction de M. H. Milne Edwards, membre de l'Institut. Imprimerie nationale, Paris. Cinquième partie. Tome premier. [8 unpaginated] + 1–368 + [63 unpaginated plate legends], pls. 1–61 + 5A + 31A [= 63 plates]. {Dates of publication—Livraison 1: [6 unpaginated] + pp. 1–24, pls. 1–7: 20 September 1873; Livraison 2: pp. 25–56, pls. 8–14: 28 October 1873; Livraison 3: pp. 57–120, pls. 15–20: 4 December 1875; Livraison 4: pp. 121–184, pls. 21–27, 29, 30: 1878; Livraison 5: pp. 185–224, pls. 31–39: 1879; Livraison 6: pp. 225–264, pls. 40–43, 45–48, 5A: 1879; Livraison 7: pp. 265–312, pls. 31A, 44, 49–54: 1880; Livraison 8: pp. 313–368 + [8 unpaginated pp.], pls. 55–61: 1880}. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/209106
page(s): p. 264 [details]
basis of record Charles H.J.M. Fransen (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
context source (CoRMS)
Rathbun M.J. 1930. The cancroid crabs of America of the families Euryalidae, Portunidae, Atelecyclidae, Cancridae and Xanthidae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 152. Smithsonian Institution, Washington. 609 p., 230 pls. [details] Available for editors 
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additional source Felder, D.L., Álvarez, F.,; Goy, J.W.; Lemaitre, R. (2009). Decapoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, with comments on the Amphionidacea, In: Felder, D.L., and Camp, D.K. (eds), Gulf of Mexico - Origins, Waters, and Biota. Vol. 1. Biodiversity. Pp. 1019–1104 (Texas A&M University Press: College Station, Texas). , available online at https://decapoda.nhm.org/pdfs/31408/31408.pdf [details]
[request]additional source Felder, D.L., Álvarez, F.,; Goy, J.W.; Lemaitre, R. (2009). Decapoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, with comments on the Amphionidacea, In: Felder, D.L., and Camp, D.K. (eds), Gulf of Mexico - Origins, Waters, and Biota. Vol. 1. Biodiversity. Pp. 1019–1104 (Texas A&M University Press: College Station, Texas). , available online at https://decapoda.nhm.org/pdfs/31408/31408.pdf [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Depth range Shallow-waters (0-100 m) [details]Habitat Hard bottom (rock and rubbles) [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Cuban stone crab | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (16 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Menippe nanus A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1898)
To CRUSTA
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Menippe nodifrons)
To GenBank (21 nucleotides; 11 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (5 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Menippe nanus A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1898)
To CRUSTA
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Menippe nodifrons)
To GenBank (21 nucleotides; 11 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (5 records)
To ITIS
