Canadian Register of Marine Species - Lithodinae Samouelle, 1819

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Lithodinae Samouelle, 1819

AphiaID

1722303 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1722303)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Subfamily

Parent

Lithodidae Samouelle, 1819

Direct children (18)

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Genus Cryptolithodes Brandt, 1848
Genus Echidnocerus White, 1842
Genus Glyptolithodes Faxon, 1895
Genus Lithodes Latreille, 1806
Genus Neolithodes A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1894
Genus Paralithodes Brandt, 1848
Genus Paralomis White, 1856
Genus Phyllolithodes Brandt, 1848
Genus Rhinolithodes Brandt, 1848
Genus Sculptolithodes Makarov, 1934
Genus Acantholithus Stimpson, 1858 accepted as Paralomis White, 1856 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Genus Ctenorhinus Gibbons, 1854 accepted as Echidnocerus White, 1842 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Genus Echinocerus White, 1848 accepted as Echidnocerus White, 1842 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
Genus Leptolithodes Benedict, 1895 accepted as Paralomis White, 1856 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Genus Lopholithodes Brandt, 1848 accepted as Echidnocerus White, 1842 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Genus Petalocerus White, 1855 accepted as Phyllolithodes Brandt, 1848 (status change of junior synonym)
Genus Pristopus Benedict, 1895 accepted as Paralomis White, 1856 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Genus Pseudolithodes Birstein & Vinogradov, 1972 accepted as Lithodes Latreille, 1806 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Samouelle, G. (1819). The entomologists' useful compendium; or an introduction to the knowledge of British Insects, comprising the best means of obtaining and preserving them, and a description of the apparatus generally used; together with the genera of Linné, and modern methods of arranging the Classes Crustacea, Myriapoda, spiders, mites and insects, from their affinities and structure, according to the views of Dr. Leach. Also an explanation of the terms used in entomology; a calendar of the times of appearance and usual situations of near 3,000 species of British Insects; with instructions for collecting and fitting up objects for the microscope. <em>Thomas Boys, London.</em> 496 pp., 12 pls. [details]

Taxonomic citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Lithodinae Samouelle, 1819. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1722303 on 2025-05-29

Taxonomic edit history

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2023-12-12 11:20:00Z

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Ahyong, Shane

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Nomenclature

original description Samouelle, G. (1819). The entomologists' useful compendium; or an introduction to the knowledge of British Insects, comprising the best means of obtaining and preserving them, and a description of the apparatus generally used; together with the genera of Linné, and modern methods of arranging the Classes Crustacea, Myriapoda, spiders, mites and insects, from their affinities and structure, according to the views of Dr. Leach. Also an explanation of the terms used in entomology; a calendar of the times of appearance and usual situations of near 3,000 species of British Insects; with instructions for collecting and fitting up objects for the microscope. <em>Thomas Boys, London.</em> 496 pp., 12 pls. [details]

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