WoRMS taxon details
Petrolisthes obtusifrons Miyake, 1937
414630 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:414630)
accepted
Species
Petrolisthes varicolor Osawa, 1998 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
DecaNet eds. (2026). DecaNet. Petrolisthes obtusifrons Miyake, 1937. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=414630 on 2026-10-16
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Nomenclature
original description
Miyake, S. (1937). Description of a new species of Petrolisthes from Yaéyama-Group, Riukiu Islands (Anomura, Porcellanidae). <em>Zoological Magazine, Tokyo.</em> 49: 155-157. [details] Available for editors 
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original description (of Petrolisthes varicolor Osawa, 1998) Osawa, M. (1998). Two rare species of the genus <i>Petrolisthes</i> (Decapoda: Anomura: Porcellanidae) from the Ryukyu Islands, with the description of a new species of the genus. <em>Journal of Crustacean Biology.</em> 18: 597-615., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/1549424 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]original description (of Petrolisthes varicolor Osawa, 1998) Osawa, M. (1998). Two rare species of the genus <i>Petrolisthes</i> (Decapoda: Anomura: Porcellanidae) from the Ryukyu Islands, with the description of a new species of the genus. <em>Journal of Crustacean Biology.</em> 18: 597-615., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/1549424 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
