WoRMS name details
Prosthetus Gerstaecker, 1862
537262 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:537262)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Genus
Prosthetus canaliculatus Gerstaecker, 1862 accepted as Athelges paguri (Rathke, 1843) (type by monotypy)
Prosthète Hesse, 1861 · unaccepted > unavailable name (vernacular name)
- Species Prosthetus canaliculatus Gerstaecker, 1862 accepted as Athelges paguri (Rathke, 1843) (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Gerstaecker, A. (1862). Bericht über die wissenschaftlichen Leistungen im Gebiete der Entomologie wahrend des Jahres 1861. <em>Wiegmanns Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 28 (2): 273-571. [details] 
Nomenclature Latinized form of the vernacular Prosthète Hesse, 1861
Nomenclature Latinized form of the vernacular Prosthète Hesse, 1861 [details]
Boyko, C.B.; Bruce, N.L.; Campos-Filho, I.S.; Hadfield, K.A.; Hughes, T.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B. (Eds) (2026). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Prosthetus Gerstaecker, 1862. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=537262 on 2026-10-02
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Nomenclature
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Gerstaecker, A. (1862). Bericht über die wissenschaftlichen Leistungen im Gebiete der Entomologie wahrend des Jahres 1861. <em>Wiegmanns Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 28 (2): 273-571. [details]
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Nomenclature Latinized form of the vernacular Prosthète Hesse, 1861 [details]
