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Gastroptychus defensus (Benedict, 1902)

392021  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:392021)

  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. Anomura (Infraorder)
  12. Chirostyloidea (Superfamily)
  13. Chirostylidae (Family)
  14. Gastroptychus (Genus)
  15. Gastroptychus defensus (Species)
 unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Ptychogaster defensa Benedict, 1902) Benedict, J. E. (1902). Description of a new genus and forty six new species of crustaceans of the family Galatheidae with a list of the known marine species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 26: 243-334. [details] OpenAccess publication
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Gastroptychus defensus (Benedict, 1902). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=392021 on 2025-05-05
Date
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2009-04-21 10:47:48Z
created
Macpherson, Enrique
2018-11-25 12:22:30Z
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Macpherson, Enrique
2019-12-04 18:37:25Z
changed
De Grave, Sammy
2022-08-03 11:21:27Z
changed
De Grave, Sammy

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Nomenclature

original description (of Ptychogaster defensa Benedict, 1902) Benedict, J. E. (1902). Description of a new genus and forty six new species of crustaceans of the family Galatheidae with a list of the known marine species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 26: 243-334. [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Baba, K.; Macpherson, E.; Poore, G.; Ahyong, S.; Bermudez, A.; Cabezas, P.; Lin, C.-W.; Nizinski, M.; Rodrigues, C.; Schnabel, K. (2008). Catalogue of squat lobsters of the world (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura - families Chirostylidae, Galatheidae and Kiwaidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1905: 1-220. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) 
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