Goneplax rhomboides
creator: Türkay, Michael
creator: Fransen, Charles
creator: Ahyong, Shane
creator: De Grave, Sammy
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: Goneplax rhomboides (Linnaeus, 1758)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: DecaNet eds. (2026). DecaNet. Goneplax rhomboides (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=107292 on 2026-08-30
created: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
modified: 2024-01-12T10:59:10Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Goneplax rhomboides (Linnaeus, 1758)
class: Malacostraca
family: Goneplacidae
genus: Goneplax
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Couch, J. (1838). A Cornish Fauna; Being a Compendium of the Natural History of the County, Intended to Form a Companion to the Collection in the Museum of the Royal Institution of Cornwall. Part I, Containing the Vertebrate, Crustacean, and a Portion of the Radiate Animals. Royal Institution of Cornwall, Truro, i–vi + 5–84 pp.
name published in: Lamarck, J. B. de. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux. Published by the author and Deterville, Paris. : viii + 432 pp.
name published in: Latreille, P. A. (1803). Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, des Crustacés et des Insectes. Ouvrage faisant suite aux Œuvres de Leclerc de Buffon, et partie du Cours complet d'Histoire naturelle rédigé par C. S. Sonnini, membre de plusieurs Sociétés savantes. Paris, F. Dufart. 6: 1-391, pls. 44-57 [published 18 April 1803 fide Dupuis, 1986].
name published in: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp.
name published in: Pennant, T. (1777). British Zoology, vol. IV. Crustacea. Mollusca. Testacea. London. i-viii, 1-154, pls. 1-93.
name published in: Rafinesque, C.S. (1814). Précis des découvertes et travaux somiologiques de Mr. C.S. Rafinesque-Schmaltz entre 1800 et 1814; ou choix raisonné de ses principales découvertes en zoologie et en botanique, pour servir d'introduction à ses ouvrages futurs. [Summary of the discoveries and somiological works of Mr. C.S. Rafinesque-Schmaltz between 1800 and 1814; or reasoned selection of his principal discoveries in zoology and botany, to serve as an introduction to his future works.]. Palerme. :1-55.
name published in: Risso, A. (1826 - 1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. [Natural history of the main productions of Southern Europe and particularly those of the area around Nice and the Maritime Alps. In: Levrault, F.G. (ed.). vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes]. 400 pp., 13 pls. [volumes 1-5.
name published in year: 1838
name published in year: 1801
name published in year: 1803
name published in year: 1758
name published in year: 1777
name published in year: 1814
name published in year: 1826 - 1827
order: Decapoda
parent name usage ID: 106888
phylum: Arthropoda
scientific name authorship: (Linnaeus, 1758)
specific epithet: rhomboides
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted