WoRMS taxon details
Pasiphaea Savigny, 1816
107052 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:107052)
accepted
Genus
Alpheus sivado Risso, 1816 accepted as Pasiphaea sivado (Risso, 1816) (type by monotypy)
Pasiphaë Savigny, 1816 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Pasiphaë (Phye) Wood-Mason, 1892 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pasiphaeia Savigny, 1816 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Phye Wood-Mason, 1892 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Pasiphaea acutifrons Spence Bate, 1888
- Species Pasiphaea aequus Komai, Lin & Chan, 2012
- Species Pasiphaea affinis Rathbun, 1902
- Species Pasiphaea alcocki (Wood-Mason in Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891)
- Species Pasiphaea allainae Tikhomirov & Vereshchaka in Tikhomirov, Kulagin, Lunina, Vourey & Vereshchaka, 2026
- Species Pasiphaea americana Faxon, 1893
- Species Pasiphaea amplidens Spence Bate, 1888
- Species Pasiphaea antea Rodrigues, Alves-Junior & Cardoso, 2018
- Species Pasiphaea arabica Timofeev, 1997
- Species Pasiphaea barnardi Yaldwyn, 1971
- Species Pasiphaea burukovskyi Wasmer, 1993
- Species Pasiphaea chacei Yaldwyn, 1962
- Species Pasiphaea corteziana Rathbun, 1902
- Species Pasiphaea cristata Spence Bate, 1888
- Species Pasiphaea crosnieri Hayashi, 2004
- Species Pasiphaea debitusae Hayashi, 1999
- Species Pasiphaea diaphana Burukovsky & Romensky, 1980
- Species Pasiphaea dofleini Schmitt, 1932
- Species Pasiphaea dorsolineatus Komai & Chan, 2012
- Species Pasiphaea ecarina Crosnier, 1969
- Species Pasiphaea emarginata Rathbun, 1902
- Species Pasiphaea exilimanus Komai, Lin & Chan, 2012
- Species Pasiphaea falx Komai, Lin & Chan, 2012
- Species Pasiphaea faxoni Rathbun, 1904
- Species Pasiphaea flagellata Rathbun, 1906
- Species Pasiphaea fragilis Hayashi, 1999
- Species Pasiphaea gelasinus Hayashi & Yaldwyn, 1998
- Species Pasiphaea gracilis Hayashi, 1999
- Species Pasiphaea grandicula Burukovsky, 1976
- Species Pasiphaea hoplocerca Chace, 1940
- Species Pasiphaea japonica Omori, 1976
- Species Pasiphaea kaiwiensis Rathbun, 1906
- Species Pasiphaea kapala Kensley, Tranter & Griffin, 1987
- Species Pasiphaea komaii Tikhomirov & Vereshchaka in Tikhomirov, Kulagin, Lunina, Vourey & Vereshchaka, 2025
- Species Pasiphaea korzuni Burukovsky, 1995
- Species Pasiphaea laevis Hayashi, 1999
- Species Pasiphaea ledoyeri Hayashi, 2006
- Species Pasiphaea levicarinata Hanamura, 1994
- Species Pasiphaea liocerca Chace, 1940
- Species Pasiphaea longitaenia Kensley, Tranter & Griffin, 1987
- Species Pasiphaea machfulae Tikhomirov & Vereshchaka in Tikhomirov, Kulagin, Lunina, Vourey & Vereshchaka, 2026
- Species Pasiphaea magna Faxon, 1893
- Species Pasiphaea major Hayashi, 2006
- Species Pasiphaea marisrubri Iwasaki, 1989
- Species Pasiphaea mclaughlinae Hayashi, 2006
- Species Pasiphaea merriami Schmitt, 1931
- Species Pasiphaea multidentata Esmark, 1866
- Species Pasiphaea natalensis Burukovsky & Romensky, 1982
- Species Pasiphaea notosivado Yaldwyn, 1971
- Species Pasiphaea orientalis Schmitt, 1931
- Species Pasiphaea oshoroae Komai & Amaoka, 1993
- Species Pasiphaea pacifica Rathbun, 1902
- Species Pasiphaea philippinensis Hayashi, 1999
- Species Pasiphaea planidorsalis Hayashi, 2004
- Species Pasiphaea poeyi Chace, 1939
- Species Pasiphaea portalae Tikhomirov & Vereshchaka in Tikhomirov, Kulagin, Lunina, Vourey & Vereshchaka, 2025
- Species Pasiphaea princeps Smith, 1884
- Species Pasiphaea propinqua De Man, 1916
- Species Pasiphaea pseudacantha Hayashi, 2004
- Species Pasiphaea rathbunae (Stebbing, 1914)
- Species Pasiphaea romenskyi Burukovsky, 1995
- Species Pasiphaea scotiae (Stebbing, 1914)
- Species Pasiphaea semispinosa Holthuis, 1951
- Species Pasiphaea sinensis Hayashi & Miyake, 1971
- Species Pasiphaea sirenkoi Burukovsky, 1987
- Species Pasiphaea sivado (Risso, 1816)
- Species Pasiphaea taiwanica Komai, Lin & Chan, 2012
- Species Pasiphaea tarda Krøyer, 1845
- Species Pasiphaea telacantha Hayashi, 2004
- Species Pasiphaea timofeevi Burukovsky, 1993
- Species Pasiphaea tinyamchani Tikhomirov & Vereshchaka in Tikhomirov, Kulagin, Lunina, Vourey & Vereshchaka, 2026
- Species Pasiphaea tokalaui Tikhomirov & Vereshchaka in Tikhomirov, Kulagin, Lunina, Vourey & Vereshchaka, 2026
- Species Pasiphaea truncata Rathbun, 1906
- Species Pasiphaea unispinosa Wood-Mason, 1892
- Species Pasiphaea voureyae Tikhomirov & Vereshchaka in Tikhomirov, Kulagin, Lunina, Vourey & Vereshchaka, 2026
- Species Pasiphaea westindica Tchesunov, 1984
- Species Pasiphaea wirotaroenoae Tikhomirov & Vereshchaka in Tikhomirov, Kulagin, Lunina, Vourey & Vereshchaka, 2026
- Species Pasiphaea allainae Tikhomirov & Vereshchaka in Tikhomirov, Kulagin, Lunina, Vourey & Vereshchaka, 2025 accepted as Pasiphaea allainae Tikhomirov & Vereshchaka in Tikhomirov, Kulagin, Lunina, Vourey & Vereshchaka, 2026 (unaccepted > unavailable name, fails Art. 16.4.2)
- Species Pasiphaea australis Hanamura, 1989 accepted as Alainopasiphaea australis (Hanamura, 1989) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pasiphaea balssi Burukovsky & Romensky, 1987 accepted as Pasiphaea rathbunae (Stebbing, 1914) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Pasiphaea berentsae Kensley, Tranter & Griffin, 1987 accepted as Pasiphaea barnardi Yaldwyn, 1971 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Pasiphaea brevirostris H. Milne Edwards, 1837 accepted as Pasiphaea sivado (Risso, 1816) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Pasiphaea distincta Guérin-Méneville, 1844 accepted as Pasiphaea sivado (Risso, 1816) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Pasiphaea forceps A. Milne-Edwards, 1891 accepted as Pasiphaea acutifrons Spence Bate, 1888 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Pasiphaea komaii Tikhomirov & Vereshchaka in Tikhomirov, Kulagin, Lunina, Vourey & Vereshchaka, 2026 accepted as Pasiphaea komaii Tikhomirov & Vereshchaka in Tikhomirov, Kulagin, Lunina, Vourey & Vereshchaka, 2025 (unaccepted > junior homonym)
- Species Pasiphaea longispina Lenz in Lenz & Strunck, 1914 accepted as Pasiphaea scotiae (Stebbing, 1914) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Pasiphaea machfulae Tikhomirov & Vereshchaka in Tikhomirov, Kulagin, Lunina, Vourey & Vereshchaka, 2025 accepted as Pasiphaea machfulae Tikhomirov & Vereshchaka in Tikhomirov, Kulagin, Lunina, Vourey & Vereshchaka, 2026 (unaccepted > unavailable name, fails Art. 16.4.2)
- Species Pasiphaea meiringnaudei Kensley, 1977 accepted as Pasiphaea barnardi Yaldwyn, 1971 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Pasiphaea metriomma Dohrn, 1908 accepted as Parapasiphae sulcatifrons Smith, 1884 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Pasiphaea neapolitana Hope, 1851 accepted as Pasiphaea sivado (Risso, 1816) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Pasiphaea nishiei Iwasaki, 1990 accepted as Pasiphaea merriami Schmitt, 1931 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Pasiphaea nudipedia Burukovsky, 1993 accepted as Alainopasiphaea nudipeda (Burukovsky, 1993) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pasiphaea portalae Tikhomirov & Vereshchaka in Tikhomirov, Kulagin, Lunina, Vourey & Vereshchaka, 2026 accepted as Pasiphaea portalae Tikhomirov & Vereshchaka in Tikhomirov, Kulagin, Lunina, Vourey & Vereshchaka, 2025 (unaccepted > junior homonym)
- Species Pasiphaea principalis Sund, 1913 accepted as Pasiphaea tarda Krøyer, 1845 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Pasiphaea rubroguttata Filhol, 1885 accepted as Deosergestes corniculum (Krøyer, 1855) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Pasiphaea savignyi H. Milne Edwards, 1837 accepted as Pasiphaea sivado (Risso, 1816) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Pasiphaea tinyamchani Tikhomirov & Vereshchaka in Tikhomirov, Kulagin, Lunina, Vourey & Vereshchaka, 2025 accepted as Pasiphaea tinyamchani Tikhomirov & Vereshchaka in Tikhomirov, Kulagin, Lunina, Vourey & Vereshchaka, 2026 (unaccepted > unavailable name, fails Art. 16.4.2)
- Species Pasiphaea tokalaui Tikhomirov & Vereshchaka in Tikhomirov, Kulagin, Lunina, Vourey & Vereshchaka, 2025 accepted as Pasiphaea tokalaui Tikhomirov & Vereshchaka in Tikhomirov, Kulagin, Lunina, Vourey & Vereshchaka, 2026 (unaccepted > unavailable name, fails Art. 16.4.2)
- Species Pasiphaea vereschhaka Burukovsky, 1993 accepted as Pasiphaea amplidens Spence Bate, 1888 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Pasiphaea voureyae Tikhomirov & Vereshchaka in Tikhomirov, Kulagin, Lunina, Vourey & Vereshchaka, 2025 accepted as Pasiphaea voureyae Tikhomirov & Vereshchaka in Tikhomirov, Kulagin, Lunina, Vourey & Vereshchaka, 2026 (unaccepted > unavailable name, fails Art. 16.4.2)
- Species Pasiphaea wirotaroenoae Tikhomirov & Vereshchaka in Tikhomirov, Kulagin, Lunina, Vourey & Vereshchaka, 2025 accepted as Pasiphaea wirotaroenoae Tikhomirov & Vereshchaka in Tikhomirov, Kulagin, Lunina, Vourey & Vereshchaka, 2026 (unaccepted > unavailable name, fails Art. 16.4.2)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Savigny, J.C. (1816). Mémoires sur les Animaux sans Vertèbres. Vol. 1(1): v+240 pp., pls. I-XXIV. Paris: Chez Deterville., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42163144 [details] 
DecaNet eds. (2026). DecaNet. Pasiphaea Savigny, 1816. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=107052 on 2026-06-11
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original description
Savigny, J.C. (1816). Mémoires sur les Animaux sans Vertèbres. Vol. 1(1): v+240 pp., pls. I-XXIV. Paris: Chez Deterville., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42163144 [details]
original description (of Pasiphaë (Phye) Wood-Mason, 1892) Wood-Mason, J. (1892). Crustaceans, Plates I–V. In: Illustrations of the Zoology of H.M. Indian Marine Surveying Steamer Investigator, under the command of Commander A. Carpenter, R.N., D.S.O., and of Commander R. F. Hoskyn, R.N. Part I. Published under the Authority of the Director of the Royal Marine, Calcutta, [6] pp., pls. I–V. [details]
original description (of Phye Wood-Mason, 1892) Wood-Mason, J. (1892). Crustaceans, Plates I–V. In: Illustrations of the Zoology of H.M. Indian Marine Surveying Steamer Investigator, under the command of Commander A. Carpenter, R.N., D.S.O., and of Commander R. F. Hoskyn, R.N. Part I. Published under the Authority of the Director of the Royal Marine, Calcutta, [6] pp., pls. I–V.
page(s): pl. 3 [details]
basis of record Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 284-292 (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Pasiphaë (Phye) Wood-Mason, 1892) Wood-Mason, J. (1892). Crustaceans, Plates I–V. In: Illustrations of the Zoology of H.M. Indian Marine Surveying Steamer Investigator, under the command of Commander A. Carpenter, R.N., D.S.O., and of Commander R. F. Hoskyn, R.N. Part I. Published under the Authority of the Director of the Royal Marine, Calcutta, [6] pp., pls. I–V. [details]
original description (of Phye Wood-Mason, 1892) Wood-Mason, J. (1892). Crustaceans, Plates I–V. In: Illustrations of the Zoology of H.M. Indian Marine Surveying Steamer Investigator, under the command of Commander A. Carpenter, R.N., D.S.O., and of Commander R. F. Hoskyn, R.N. Part I. Published under the Authority of the Director of the Royal Marine, Calcutta, [6] pp., pls. I–V.
page(s): pl. 3 [details]
basis of record Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 284-292 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
context source (PeRMS)
Moscoso, V. (2012). Catálogo de crustáceos decápodos y estomatópodos del Perú. <em>Boletín Instituto del Mar del Perú.</em> 27(1-2): 8-207., available online at https://repositorio.imarpe.gob.pe/handle/20.500.12958/2190 [details]
additional source Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils.</em> pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.). [details] Available for editors
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additional source De Grave, S.; Fransen, C.H.J.M. (2011). Carideorum catalogus: the recent species of the dendrobranchiate, stenopodidean, procarididean and caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda). <em>Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden.</em> 85(9): 195-589. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source d'Udekem d'Acoz, C. (1999). Inventory and distribution of the decapod crustaceans from the northeastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and the adjacent continental waters north of 25°N. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 40. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> Paris. ISBN 2-86515-114-10. X, 383 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils.</em> pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source De Grave, S.; Fransen, C.H.J.M. (2011). Carideorum catalogus: the recent species of the dendrobranchiate, stenopodidean, procarididean and caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda). <em>Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden.</em> 85(9): 195-589. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source d'Udekem d'Acoz, C. (1999). Inventory and distribution of the decapod crustaceans from the northeastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and the adjacent continental waters north of 25°N. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 40. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> Paris. ISBN 2-86515-114-10. X, 383 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
