Acanthonyx lunulatus
creator: Türkay, Michael
creator: Fransen, Charles
creator: De Grave, Sammy
date: 2026-08-24
language: en
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publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Acanthonyx lunulatus (Risso, 1816)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: DecaNet eds. (2026). DecaNet. Acanthonyx lunulatus (Risso, 1816). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=107312 on 2026-08-24
created: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
modified: 2022-03-14T08:23:56Z
replaces: 451807
replaces: 453219
replaces: 557754
replaces: 453871
replaces: 453872
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Acanthonyx lunulatus (Risso, 1816)
class: Malacostraca
family: Epialtidae
genus: Acanthonyx
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Costa, O.G. (1838 - 1873). Fauna del Regno di Napoli ossia enumerazione di tutti gli animali che abitano le diverse regioni di questo regno e le acque che le bagnano contenente la descrizione de nuovi o poco esattamente conosciuti con figure ricavate da originali viventi e dipinte. [Fauna of the Kingdom of Naples or enumeration of all the animals that inhabit the different regions of this kingdom and the waters that bathe them containing the description of new or little exactly known ones with figures taken from living originals and painted]. In: Fauna del Regno di Napoli. 325 pp. with each chapter paginated separately, 42 pl. also numbered separately according to chapters.
name published in: Costa, O.G. (1844). Catalogo de' Crostacei raccolti nel Golfo di Taranto nella primavera del 1830. Atti della Reale Accademia della Scienze, Sezione dela Società Reale Borbonica. 5(2): 67-74, pls 1-3.
name published in: Latreille, [P.A.]. (1829). Le Règne Animal Distribué d'Après son Organisation, pour Servir de Base a l'Histoire Naturelle des Animaux et d'Introduction a l'Anatomie Comparée par M. Le Baron Cuvier. Nouvelle Édition, Revue et Augmentée. Vol. 4. Crustacés, Arachnides et Partie des Insectes. Paris: Chez Déterville & Chez Crochard. [The Animal Kingdom Distributed According to its Organization, to Serve as a Basis for the Natural History of Animals and as an Introduction to Comparative Anatomy by Mr. Baron Cuvier. New Edition, Revised and Augmented. Vol. 4. Crustaceans, Arachnids and Part of Insects. Paris: Chez Déterville & Chez Crochard]. In: G. Cuvier, Le Regne Animal, 3nd ed., Paris, 4: 99-101. xxvii + 584 pp.
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. (1816). Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés des Environs de Nice. [Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés des Environs de Nice.]. Librairie Grecque­-Latine-Allemande, Paris. 175 pp., pls. 1-3.
name published in year: 1838 - 1873
name published in year: 1844
name published in year: 1829
name published in year: 1814
name published in year: 1816
order: Decapoda
parent name usage ID: 106896
phylum: Arthropoda
scientific name authorship: (Risso, 1816)
specific epithet: lunulatus
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted