WoRMS taxon details
Pleistacantha Miers, 1879
206910 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206910)
accepted
Genus
Pleistacantha sanctijohannis Miers, 1879 (type by original designation)
Echinoplax Miers in Tizard, Moseley, Buchanan & Murray, 1885 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Pleistacantha cervicornis Ihle & Ihle-Landenberg, 1931
- Species Pleistacantha exophthalmus Guinot & Richer de Forges, 1982
- Species Pleistacantha griffini Ahyong & T Lee, 2006
- Species Pleistacantha kannu Ng, Ravinesh & Ravichandran, 2017
- Species Pleistacantha maxima Ahyong & T Lee, 2006
- Species Pleistacantha moseleyi (Miers in Tizard, Moseley, Buchanan & Murray, 1885)
- Species Pleistacantha naresii (Miers in Tizard, Moseley, Buchanan & Murray, 1885)
- Species Pleistacantha ori Ahyong & Ng, 2007
- Species Pleistacantha oryx Ortmann, 1893
- Species Pleistacantha pungens (Wood-Mason in Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891)
- Species Pleistacantha rubida (Alcock, 1895)
- Species Pleistacantha sanctijohannis Miers, 1879
- Species Pleistacantha stilipes Ahyong, Chen & Ng, 2005
- Species Pleistacantha japonica (Yokoya, 1933) accepted as Parapleisticantha japonica Yokoya, 1933 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pleistacantha simplex Rathbun, 1932 accepted as Pleisticanthoides simplex (Rathbun, 1932) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Miers, E. J. (1879). On a collection of Crustacea made by Capt. H.C. St. John, R.N., in the Corean and Japanese Seas. With an appendix by Capt. H.C. St. John. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1879(1): 18-61, pls. I-III. [details] 
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Pleistacantha Miers, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206910 on 2025-02-19
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original description
Miers, E. J. (1879). On a collection of Crustacea made by Capt. H.C. St. John, R.N., in the Corean and Japanese Seas. With an appendix by Capt. H.C. St. John. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1879(1): 18-61, pls. I-III. [details] 
original description (of Echinoplax Miers in Tizard, Moseley, Buchanan & Murray, 1885) Tizard, T.H., Moseley H.N., Buchanan J.Y. & Murray J. (1885). Narrative of the cruise of H.M.S. Challenger, with a general account of the scientific results of the Expedition. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876.</em> 1(1-2): i-liv, 1-1110, figs. 1-340, pls. a-n, 1-35, maps, tabs., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49431318 [details]
taxonomy source Marco-Herrero, E., Torres, A. P., Cuesta, J. A., Guerao, G., Palero, F. & Abelló, P. (2013). The systematic position of <i>Ergasticus</i> (Decapoda, Brachyura) and allied genera, a molecular and morphological approach. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 42(4): 427–439., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12012 [details]
basis of record Barnard, K.H. (1950). Descriptive catalogue of South African decapod Crustacea (crabs and shrimps). <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 38: 1-837. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Ng, P.K.L.; Ravinesh, R.; Ravichandran, S. (2017). A new large oregoniid spider crab of the genus <em>Pleistacantha</em> Miers, 1879, from the Bay of Bengal, India (Crustacea, Brachyura, Majoidea). <em>ZooKeys.</em> 716: 127-146., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.716.21349 [details] Available for editors
[request]
original description (of Echinoplax Miers in Tizard, Moseley, Buchanan & Murray, 1885) Tizard, T.H., Moseley H.N., Buchanan J.Y. & Murray J. (1885). Narrative of the cruise of H.M.S. Challenger, with a general account of the scientific results of the Expedition. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876.</em> 1(1-2): i-liv, 1-1110, figs. 1-340, pls. a-n, 1-35, maps, tabs., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49431318 [details]
taxonomy source Marco-Herrero, E., Torres, A. P., Cuesta, J. A., Guerao, G., Palero, F. & Abelló, P. (2013). The systematic position of <i>Ergasticus</i> (Decapoda, Brachyura) and allied genera, a molecular and morphological approach. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 42(4): 427–439., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12012 [details]
basis of record Barnard, K.H. (1950). Descriptive catalogue of South African decapod Crustacea (crabs and shrimps). <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 38: 1-837. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Ng, P.K.L.; Ravinesh, R.; Ravichandran, S. (2017). A new large oregoniid spider crab of the genus <em>Pleistacantha</em> Miers, 1879, from the Bay of Bengal, India (Crustacea, Brachyura, Majoidea). <em>ZooKeys.</em> 716: 127-146., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.716.21349 [details] Available for editors





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