WoRMS name details
Nomenclatureoriginal description
(of Eriphia smithii MacLeay, 1838) MacLeay, W.S. (1838). Illustrations of the Annulosa of South Africa. On the brachyurous decapod Crustacea. Brought from the Cape by Dr. Smith. In: Smith, A. (ed.), Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa; consisting chiefly of Figures and Descriptions of the Objects of Natural History Collected during an Expedition into the Interior of South Africa, in the Years 1834, 1835, and 1836; fitted out by “The Cape of Good Hope Association for Exploring Central Africa”. Published under the Authority of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, London, pp. i–iv + 53–71, pls. 2, 3. [details] 
basis of record
Galil, B.S.; Vannini, M. (1990`). Research on the coast of Somalia. Xanthidae, Trapeziidae, Carpiliidae, Menippidae (Crustacea Brachyura). <em>Tropical Zoology.</em> 3(1): 21–56. [details] Available for editors [request]
Otheradditional source
Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
Unreviewed
Habitat Rocky shores. Also found in mangroves. Stands on rocky substrate (Ruwa, 1989).
Tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958). [details]
Spelling E. smithii in Barnard (1950). Possibly only a form of E. laevimana (Barnard, 1950).
In family 'Xanthidae' in Kalk (1958). [details]
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