WoRMS name details
Camptonyx Heller, 1861
450069 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:450069)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Genus
Camptonyx politus Heller, 1861 accepted as Caphyra polita (Heller, 1861) (type by monotypy)
- Species Camptonyx politus Heller, 1861 accepted as Caphyra polita (Heller, 1861) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Camptonyx rotundifrons A. Milne-Edwards, 1869 accepted as Caphyra rotundifrons (A. Milne-Edwards, 1869) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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. Camptonyx Heller, 1861. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=450069 on 2026-06-04
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Nomenclature
original description
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]
Other
additional source
Dworschak, P.C. (2025). Notes on some publication dates recently cited in the checklist of Decapoda described by Camill Heller. <em>Annals of the Natural History Museum Vienna.</em> 126: 75-80., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/anhmw.168710 [details] Available for editors 
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