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Aphia taxon details

Lithoscaptus pacificus (Edmondson, 1933)

AphiaID

444418 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:444418)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Lithoscaptus A. Milne-Edwards, 1862

Original name

Cryptochirus pacificus Edmondson, 1933

Synonymised names

Cryptochirus pacificus Edmondson, 1933 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Cryptochirus pacificus Edmondson, 1933) Edmondson, C.H. (1933). Cryptochirus of the central Pacific. <em>Occasional papers of the Bernice P.Bishop Museum.</em> 10(5): 1-23. [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

DecaNet eds. (2026). DecaNet. Lithoscaptus pacificus (Edmondson, 1933). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=444418 on 2026-08-17

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-12-17 14:15:58Z

created

Davie, Peter

2022-05-13 08:00:11Z

changed

Ahyong, Shane

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original description (of Cryptochirus pacificus Edmondson, 1933) Edmondson, C.H. (1933). Cryptochirus of the central Pacific. <em>Occasional papers of the Bernice P.Bishop Museum.</em> 10(5): 1-23. [details] Available for editors

Definitions

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cryptochirus pacificus Edmondson, 1933)

Aphia taxon details

Lithoscaptus pacificus (Edmondson, 1933)

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