Canadian Register of Marine Species - Emerita Scopoli, 1777

WoRMS taxon details

Emerita Scopoli, 1777

AphiaID

158392 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158392)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Cancer emeritus Linnaeus, 1767 accepted as Emerita emeritus (Linnaeus, 1767) (type by subsequent monotypy)

Parent

Hippidae Latreille, 1825

Original name

Emerita Scopoli, 1777

Direct children (14)

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Species Emerita almeidai Mantelatto & Balbino in Mantelatto, Paixão, Robles, Teles & Balbino, 2023
Species Emerita analoga (Stimpson, 1857)
Species Emerita austroafricana Schmitt, 1937
Species Emerita benedicti Schmitt, 1935
Species Emerita brasiliensis Schmitt, 1935
Species Emerita emeritus (Linnaeus, 1767)
Species Emerita holthuisi Sankolli, 1965
Species Emerita karachiensis Niazi & Haque, 1974
Species Emerita pangandaran Farajallah, Hanim, Putri & Wardiatno, 2025
Species Emerita portoricensis Schmitt, 1935
Species Emerita rathbunae Schmitt, 1935
Species Emerita taiwanensis Hsueh, 2015
Species Emerita talpoida (Say, 1817)
Species Emerita asiatica (H. Milne Edwards, 1837) accepted as Emerita emeritus (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > superseded combination)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Scopoli, G.A. (1777). Introductio ad historiam naturalem, sistens genera lapidum, plantarum et animalium hactenus detecta, caracteribus essentialibus donata, in tribus divisa, subinde ad leges naturae. Pragae. Wolfgang Gerle. Pp i-x + 1-506., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10827 [details]

Taxonomic citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Emerita Scopoli, 1777. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158392 on 2025-05-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-26 07:43:32Z

created

Cuvelier, Daphne

2010-04-16 05:58:26Z

changed

Boyko, Christopher B.

2016-01-28 01:42:18Z

changed

Boyko, Christopher B.

2020-09-07 15:26:20Z

changed

De Grave, Sammy

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Scopoli, G.A. (1777). Introductio ad historiam naturalem, sistens genera lapidum, plantarum et animalium hactenus detecta, caracteribus essentialibus donata, in tribus divisa, subinde ad leges naturae. Pragae. Wolfgang Gerle. Pp i-x + 1-506., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10827 [details]

basis of record Barnard, K.H. (1950). Descriptive catalogue of South African decapod Crustacea (crabs and shrimps). Annals of the South African Museum. 38: 1-837. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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Other

context source (PeRMS) Moscoso, V. (2012). Catálogo de crustáceos decápodos y estomatópodos del Perú. Boletín Instituto del Mar del Perú. 27(1-2): 8-207., available online at https://repositorio.imarpe.gob.pe/handle/20.500.12958/2190 [details]

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

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