Anomura
creator: Türkay, Michael
creator: De Grave, Sammy
creator: Ahyong, Shane
date: 2026-08-30
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Anomura MacLeay, 1838
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: WoRMS (2026). Anomura. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106671 on 2026-08-30
created: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
modified: 2023-02-01T12:59:18Z
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Anomura MacLeay, 1838
class: Malacostraca
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: MacLeay, W.S. (1838). Illustrations of the Annulosa of South Africa. On the brachyurous decapod Crustacea. Brought from the Cape by Dr. Smith. In: Smith, A. (ed.), Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa; consisting chiefly of Figures and Descriptions of the Objects of Natural History Collected during an Expedition into the Interior of South Africa, in the Years 1834, 1835, and 1836; fitted out by “The Cape of Good Hope Association for Exploring Central Africa”. Published under the Authority of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, London, pp. i–iv + 53–71, pls. 2, 3.
name published in year: 1838
order: Decapoda
parent name usage ID: 106670
phylum: Arthropoda
scientific name authorship: MacLeay, 1838
taxon rank: Infraorder
taxonomic status: accepted