WoRMS taxon details
Areopaguristes difficilis (Forest, 1952)
520649 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:520649)
accepted
Species
Paguristes difficilis Forest, 1952 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Stratiotes difficilis (Forest, 1952) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Paguristes difficilis Forest, 1952) Forest, J. (1952). Notes préliminaires sur les Paguridae (Crustacés Décapodes) des côtes occidentales d'Afrique. II. Diagnose sommaire de 6 espèces nouvelles appartenant au genre <i>Paguristes</i> Dana. <em>Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, ser. 2.</em> 257–262. [details] Available for editors 
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DecaNet eds. (2026). DecaNet. Areopaguristes difficilis (Forest, 1952). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=520649 on 2026-05-09
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Nomenclature
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(of Paguristes difficilis Forest, 1952) Forest, J. (1952). Notes préliminaires sur les Paguridae (Crustacés Décapodes) des côtes occidentales d'Afrique. II. Diagnose sommaire de 6 espèces nouvelles appartenant au genre <i>Paguristes</i> Dana. <em>Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, ser. 2.</em> 257–262. [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record McLaughlin, P. A., Komai, T., Lemaitre, R. & Rahayu, D.L. (2010). Annotated checklist of anomuran decapod crustaceans of the world (exclusive of the Kiwaoidea and families Chirostylidae and Galatheidae of the Galatheoidea. Part I — Lithodoidea, Lomisoidea and Paguroidea. <em>Raffles Bulletin of Zoology.</em> Supplement 23: 5–107. [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]basis of record McLaughlin, P. A., Komai, T., Lemaitre, R. & Rahayu, D.L. (2010). Annotated checklist of anomuran decapod crustaceans of the world (exclusive of the Kiwaoidea and families Chirostylidae and Galatheidae of the Galatheoidea. Part I — Lithodoidea, Lomisoidea and Paguroidea. <em>Raffles Bulletin of Zoology.</em> Supplement 23: 5–107. [details] Available for editors
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Syntype (of Stratiotes difficilis (Forest, 1952)) MNHN, geounit West Africa [details]
Syntype (of Paguristes difficilis Forest, 1952) MNHN, geounit Senegal [details]
