African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS taxon details

Mertonia Laurie, 1906

AphiaID

205803 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205803)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Mertonia lanka Laurie, 1906 (type by monotypy)

Parent

Rhizopinae Stimpson, 1858

Orig. name

Mertonia Laurie, 1906

Direct children (1)
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Species Mertonia lanka Laurie, 1906

Environment

marine

Original description

Laurie, R.D. (1906). Ceylon Pearl Fisheries 1906—supplementary reports, no. XL. Report on the Brachyura collected by Professor Herdman, at Ceylon, in 1902. In: Herdman WA (ed.), Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar. With Supplementary Reports Upon the Marine Biology of Ceylon by Other Naturalists. Part V. The Royal Society, London, pp. 349–432, pls. 1–2. [details]

Taxonomic citation

DecaNet eds. (2023). DecaNet. Mertonia Laurie, 1906. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2023) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205803 on 2023-03-28

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2023). African Register of Marine Species. Mertonia Laurie, 1906. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205803 on 2023-03-28

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2000-03-13 07:40:28Z

created

Fondo, Esther

2006-09-25 06:54:45Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2009-12-16 08:58:17Z

checked

Davie, Peter

2011-01-19 07:58:39Z

changed

Davie, Peter

2020-04-28 07:50:04Z

changed

De Grave, Sammy

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original description Laurie, R.D. (1906). Ceylon Pearl Fisheries 1906—supplementary reports, no. XL. Report on the Brachyura collected by Professor Herdman, at Ceylon, in 1902. In: Herdman WA (ed.), Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar. With Supplementary Reports Upon the Marine Biology of Ceylon by Other Naturalists. Part V. The Royal Society, London, pp. 349–432, pls. 1–2. [details]

basis of record Serène, R. (1977). Crustacés hippidés et brachyoures des îles Séchelles. <em>Revue de Zoologie Africaine.</em> 91: 45-68. [details] Available for editors

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

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