Willemoesia leptodactyla
creator: Türkay, Michael
creator: Chan, Tin-Yam
creator: De Grave, Sammy
date: 2026-08-01
language: en
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publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
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subject: Willemoesia leptodactyla (Thomson, 1873)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: DecaNet eds. (2026). DecaNet. Willemoesia leptodactyla (Thomson, 1873). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=107702 on 2026-08-01
created: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
modified: 2022-07-18T14:00:04Z
replaces: 383224
replaces: 383225
replaces: 383226
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Willemoesia leptodactyla (Thomson, 1873)
class: Malacostraca
family: Polychelidae
genus: Willemoesia
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Thomson, C.W. (1873). Notes from the "Challenger". Nature, London. 8: 28–30, 51–53, 109–110, 246–249, 266–267, 347–349, 400–403.
name published in: Alcock, A. (1901). A descriptive catalogue of the Indian deep-sea Crustacea Decapoda Macrura and Anomala, in the Indian Museum. Being a revised account of the deep-sea species collected by the Royal Indian Marine Survey Ship Investigator: 1-286, i-iv, pls. 1-3. Indian Museum, Calcutta.
name published in: Sund, O. (1920). The “Challenger” Eryonidea (Crustacea). Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 9. 6: 220-226.
name published in year: 1873
name published in year: 1901
name published in year: 1920
order: Decapoda
parent name usage ID: 107058
phylum: Arthropoda
scientific name authorship: (Thomson, 1873)
specific epithet: leptodactyla
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted