Platyonychus africanus
creator: Davie, Peter
creator: De Grave, Sammy
date: 2026-08-24
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: Platyonychus africanus A. Milne-Edwards, 1861
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: DecaNet eds. (2026). DecaNet. Platyonychus africanus A. Milne-Edwards, 1861. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=454820 on 2026-08-24
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is replaced by: 246565
modified: 2022-04-10T16:55:44Z
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Platyonychus africanus A. Milne-Edwards, 1861
accepted name usage ID: 246565
class: Malacostraca
family: Carcinidae
genus: Platyonychus
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Milne-Edwards, A. (1861). Études zoologiques sur les Crustacés récents de la famille des Portuniens. Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. 10: 309-428, pls. XXVIII–XXXVIII.
name published in year: 1861
order: Decapoda
parent name usage ID: 450234
phylum: Arthropoda
scientific name authorship: A. Milne-Edwards, 1861
specific epithet: africanus
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: junior subjective synonym