WoRMS taxon details
Spinolambrus macrochelos (Herbst, 1790)
442337 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:442337)
accepted
Species
Cancer macrochelos Herbst, 1790 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Eurynome aldrovandi Risso, 1827 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Lambrus macrochelos (Herbst, 1790) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Lambrus mediterraneus Roux, 1828 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Lambrus Miersii A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1898 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Lambrus spinosissimus Osório, 1923 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Parthenope humbertii Costa, 1838 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Parthenope macrochelos (Herbst, 1790) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Parthenope mediterraneus (Roux, 1828) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Parthenope miersii (A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1898) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Cancer macrochelos Herbst, 1790) Herbst, J.F.W. (1782-1790). Versuch einer Naturgeschichte der Krabben und Krebse nebst einer systematischen Beschreibung ihrer verschiedenen Arten. Erster Band. Mit XXI Kupfer-Tafeln und Register. Krabben. Joh. Casper Fuessly, Zürich / Gottlieb August Lange, Berlin und Stralsund, iv + 274 pp., 21 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/64679#/summary [details] 
Neotype (of Cancer macrochelos Herbst, 1790) RMNH D 43604
Neotype (of Cancer macrochelos Herbst, 1790) RMNH D 43604 [details]
DecaNet eds. (2026). DecaNet. Spinolambrus macrochelos (Herbst, 1790). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=442337 on 2026-05-19
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cancer macrochelos Herbst, 1790) Herbst, J.F.W. (1782-1790). Versuch einer Naturgeschichte der Krabben und Krebse nebst einer systematischen Beschreibung ihrer verschiedenen Arten. Erster Band. Mit XXI Kupfer-Tafeln und Register. Krabben. Joh. Casper Fuessly, Zürich / Gottlieb August Lange, Berlin und Stralsund, iv + 274 pp., 21 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/64679#/summary [details]
original description (of Eurynome aldrovandi Risso, 1827) Risso, A. (1826 - 1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. [Natural history of the main productions of Southern Europe and particularly those of the area around Nice and the Maritime Alps. <em>In: Levrault, F.G. (ed.). vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes].</em> 400 pp., 13 pls. [volumes 1-5., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/58984 [details]
original description (of Parthenope humbertii Costa, 1838) Costa, O.G. (1838-1871). Crostecei. <em>In: Fauna del Regno di Napoli : Ossia Enumerazione di Tutti gli Animali, che Abitano le Diverse Regioni de Questo Regno e le Acque che le Bagnano, Contenente la Descrizione de' Nuovi o Poco Esattamente Conosciuti.</em> (see Sherborn, 1937 for dates of sections)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53984618 [details]
original description (of Lambrus mediterraneus Roux, 1828) Roux, P. (1828 - 1830). Crustacés de la Méditerranée et de son Littoral, Décrits et Lithographiés. [Crustaceans of the Mediterranean and its Coastline, Described and Lithographed]. <em>Chez Levrault, Paris.</em> i-iv + 1-176 pp., pls. 1-45., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9283448 [details]
original description (of Lambrus Miersii 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 Lambrus spinosissimus Osório, 1923) Osório, B. (1923). Noticias dalguns crustáceos do Atlântico colhidos em regiões mais ou menos visinhas das costas de Portugal. <em>Arquivo da Universidade de Lisboa.</em> 7: 51-59; Pls. XIV-XVII. [details]
original description (of Eurynome aldrovandi Risso, 1827) Risso, A. (1826 - 1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. [Natural history of the main productions of Southern Europe and particularly those of the area around Nice and the Maritime Alps. <em>In: Levrault, F.G. (ed.). vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes].</em> 400 pp., 13 pls. [volumes 1-5., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/58984 [details]
original description (of Parthenope humbertii Costa, 1838) Costa, O.G. (1838-1871). Crostecei. <em>In: Fauna del Regno di Napoli : Ossia Enumerazione di Tutti gli Animali, che Abitano le Diverse Regioni de Questo Regno e le Acque che le Bagnano, Contenente la Descrizione de' Nuovi o Poco Esattamente Conosciuti.</em> (see Sherborn, 1937 for dates of sections)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53984618 [details]
original description (of Lambrus mediterraneus Roux, 1828) Roux, P. (1828 - 1830). Crustacés de la Méditerranée et de son Littoral, Décrits et Lithographiés. [Crustaceans of the Mediterranean and its Coastline, Described and Lithographed]. <em>Chez Levrault, Paris.</em> i-iv + 1-176 pp., pls. 1-45., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9283448 [details]
original description (of Lambrus Miersii 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 Lambrus spinosissimus Osório, 1923) Osório, B. (1923). Noticias dalguns crustáceos do Atlântico colhidos em regiões mais ou menos visinhas das costas de Portugal. <em>Arquivo da Universidade de Lisboa.</em> 7: 51-59; Pls. XIV-XVII. [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Tan, S. H.; Low, M. E. (2014). The Mediterranean and Eastern Atlantic species of <i>Spinolambrus </i>Tan & Ng, 2007: <i>S. macrochelos </i>(Herbst, 1790), <i>S. notialis </i>(Manning & Holthuis, 1981), and <i>S. verrucosus </i>(Studer, 1883), with a note on the identity of <i>Lambrus spinosissimus </i>Osório, 1923 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Parthenopidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3753(1)., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3753.1.8 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Neotype (of Cancer macrochelos Herbst, 1790) RMNH D 43604 [details]
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Lambrus Miersii A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1898)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Parthenope macrochelos (Herbst, 1790))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Lambrus macrochelos (Herbst, 1790))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Spinolambrus macrochelos)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Cancer macrochelos Herbst, 1790)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Parthenope macrochelos (Herbst, 1790))
To PESI (from synonym Parthenope miersii (A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1898))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records) (from synonym Parthenope macrochelos (Herbst, 1790))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Lambrus Miersii A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1898)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Parthenope macrochelos (Herbst, 1790))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Lambrus macrochelos (Herbst, 1790))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Spinolambrus macrochelos)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Cancer macrochelos Herbst, 1790)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Parthenope macrochelos (Herbst, 1790))
To PESI (from synonym Parthenope miersii (A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1898))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records) (from synonym Parthenope macrochelos (Herbst, 1790))
