WoRMS taxon details
Caphyra polita (Heller, 1861)
208771 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:208771)
accepted
Species
Camptonyx politus Heller, 1861 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Caphyra Monticellii Nobili, 1901 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Camptonyx politus Heller, 1861) Heller, C. (1861). Synopsis der im rothen Meere vorkommenden Crustaceen. <em>Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien.</em> 11: 3-31. [details] 
DecaNet eds. (2026). DecaNet. Caphyra polita (Heller, 1861). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208771 on 2026-06-12
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Caphyra Monticellii Nobili, 1901) Nobili, G. (1901). Decapodi e Stomatopodi Eritrei del Museo Zoologico dell'Università di Napoli. <em>Annuario del Museo Zoologico della Regia Università di Napoli, nuova ser.</em> 1(3): 1-20. [details]
original description (of Camptonyx politus Heller, 1861) Heller, C. (1861). Synopsis der im rothen Meere vorkommenden Crustaceen. <em>Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien.</em> 11: 3-31. [details]
basis of record Crosnier, A. (1975). Sur les Caphyra (Crustacea Decapoda Portunidae) de l'ocean Indien occidental et de la Mer Rouge. <em>Bull. Mus natn. Hist. Nat, Paris.</em> 304: 742-764., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.279703 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Camptonyx politus Heller, 1861) Heller, C. (1861). Synopsis der im rothen Meere vorkommenden Crustaceen. <em>Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien.</em> 11: 3-31. [details]
basis of record Crosnier, A. (1975). Sur les Caphyra (Crustacea Decapoda Portunidae) de l'ocean Indien occidental et de la Mer Rouge. <em>Bull. Mus natn. Hist. Nat, Paris.</em> 304: 742-764., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.279703 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
