Pontophilus spinosus
creator: Türkay, Michael
creator: Fransen, Charles
creator: De Grave, Sammy
date: 2026-08-02
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: Pontophilus spinosus (Leach, 1816)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: DecaNet eds. (2026). DecaNet. Pontophilus spinosus (Leach, 1816). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=107564 on 2026-08-02
created: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
modified: 2022-02-02T17:51:48Z
replaces: 589748
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Pontophilus spinosus (Leach, 1816)
class: Malacostraca
family: Crangonidae
genus: Pontophilus
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Leach, W.E. (1816 [1815]). A tabular View of the external Characters of Four Classes of Animals, which Linné arranged under Insecta, with the Distribution of the Genera comprising Three of these Classes into Orders &c. and Descriptions of several New Genera and Species. The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 11(2): 306-400.
name published in year: 1816 [1815]
order: Decapoda
parent name usage ID: 107011
phylum: Arthropoda
scientific name authorship: (Leach, 1816)
specific epithet: spinosus
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted