WoRMS taxon details

Thaumastochelopsis wardi Bruce, 1989

382873  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:382873)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Crustacea (Subphylum)
  5. Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  6. Malacostraca (Class)
  7. Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
  8. Eucarida (Superorder)
  9. Decapoda (Order)
  10. Pleocyemata (Suborder)
  11. Astacidea (Infraorder)
  12. Nephropoidea (Superfamily)
  13. Nephropidae (Family)
  14. Thaumastochelopsis (Genus)
  15. Thaumastochelopsis wardi (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Bruce, A.J. (1989). <i>Thaumastochelopsis wardi</i>, gen. et sp. nov., a new blind deep-sea lobster from the Coral Sea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Nephropidea). <em>Invertebrate Taxonomy.</em> 2: 903-914 [Dated 1988, published 1989]. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Holotype  NTM Cr. 004231, verbatimGeounit Marian...  
Holotype NTM Cr. 004231, verbatimGeounit Marian Plateau, east... [details]
, Type locality contained in Queensland, Townsville  
type locality contained in Queensland [details]
type locality contained in Townsville [details]
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Thaumastochelopsis wardi Bruce, 1989. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382873 on 2025-11-15
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2009-02-23 14:08:32Z
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Chan, Tin-Yam
2020-07-01 08:37:27Z
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De Grave, Sammy
2021-07-07 13:23:54Z
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De Grave, Sammy
2022-07-19 13:21:27Z
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De Grave, Sammy
2022-07-25 01:57:23Z
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Ahyong, Shane

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Nomenclature

original description Bruce, A.J. (1989). <i>Thaumastochelopsis wardi</i>, gen. et sp. nov., a new blind deep-sea lobster from the Coral Sea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Nephropidea). <em>Invertebrate Taxonomy.</em> 2: 903-914 [Dated 1988, published 1989]. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

additional source Holthuis, L. B. (1991). FAO species catalogue. Vol 13. Marine lobsters of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species of interest to fisheries known to date. <em>FAO fisheries Synopsis.</em> 125(13): 1–292. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Allotype NTM Cr. 004231, verbatimGeounit Marian Plateau, east... [details]
Holotype NTM Cr. 004231, verbatimGeounit Marian Plateau, east... [details]
    Definitions

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LanguageName 
English Australian pincer lobster  [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Thaumastochelopsis wardi) 
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 0 proteins) 
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient) 
To ITIS

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