WoRMS taxon details
Merhippolyte americana Holthuis, 1961
515312 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:515312)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Holthuis, L.B. (1961). A new species of <i>Merhippolyte</i> (Decapoda Natantia) from east American waters. <em>Crustaceana.</em> 2: 1-5., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/156854061x00013 [details] Available for editors 
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DecaNet eds. (2026). DecaNet. Merhippolyte americana Holthuis, 1961. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=515312 on 2026-06-11
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Nomenclature
original description
Holthuis, L.B. (1961). A new species of <i>Merhippolyte</i> (Decapoda Natantia) from east American waters. <em>Crustaceana.</em> 2: 1-5., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/156854061x00013 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record 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]
[request]basis of record 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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
