Paraxanthias elegans
creator: Davie, Peter
creator: De Grave, Sammy
date: 2026-08-30
language: en
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publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Paraxanthias elegans (Stimpson, 1858)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: DecaNet eds. (2026). DecaNet. Paraxanthias elegans (Stimpson, 1858). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=444322 on 2026-08-30
created: 2009-12-17T15:15:58Z
modified: 2022-04-06T13:38:50Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Paraxanthias elegans (Stimpson, 1858)
class: Malacostraca
family: Xanthidae
genus: Paraxanthias
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Haswell, W.A. (1881). On some new Australian Brachyura. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 6(3): 540-551.
name published in: Stimpson, W. (1858). Prodromus descriptionis animalium evertebratorum, quæ in Expeditione ad Oceanum Pacificum Septentrionalem, a Republica Federata missa, Cadwaladaro Ringgold et Johanne Rodgers ducibus, observavit et descripsit W. Stimpson. Pars IV. Crustacea Cancroidea et Corystoidea. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 10: 31-40 [29-37 in separate].
name published in year: 1881
name published in year: 1858
order: Decapoda
parent name usage ID: 106954
phylum: Arthropoda
scientific name authorship: (Stimpson, 1858)
specific epithet: elegans
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted