Deep-Sea taxon details
Cerataspis monstrosus Gray, 1828
589796 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:589796)
accepted
Species
Aristeus armatus Spence Bate, 1881 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Plesiopenaeus armatus (Spence Bate, 1881) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Gray, J. E. (1828-1830). <i>Spicilegia zoologica; or, original figures and short systematic descriptions of new and unfigured animals</i>. Treüttel, Würtz & Co. & Wood. Parts I & II: part I, 1–8, pls. 1–6 (1 July 1828); part II, 9–12, pls. 7–11 (August 1830). , available online at https://archive.org/details/b22007556/page/n3/mode/2up [details] 
Depth range Pelagic or bathypelagic
Depth range Pelagic or bathypelagic [details]
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Cerataspis monstrosus Gray, 1828. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=589796 on 2025-06-05
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Cerataspis monstrosus Gray, 1828. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=589796 on 2025-06-05
Date
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original description
Gray, J. E. (1828-1830). <i>Spicilegia zoologica; or, original figures and short systematic descriptions of new and unfigured animals</i>. Treüttel, Würtz & Co. & Wood. Parts I & II: part I, 1–8, pls. 1–6 (1 July 1828); part II, 9–12, pls. 7–11 (August 1830). , available online at https://archive.org/details/b22007556/page/n3/mode/2up [details]
original description (of Aristeus armatus Spence Bate, 1881) Bate, C. S. (1881). On the Penaeidae. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 5.</em> 8: 169-196, pls. 11-12. [details]
basis of record De Grave, S.; Fransen, C.H.J.M. (2011). Carideorum catalogus: the recent species of the dendrobranchiate, stenopodidean, procarididean and caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda). <em>Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden.</em> 85(9): 195-589. (look up in IMIS) [details]
status source Bracken-Grissom, H. D.; Felder, D. L.; Vollmer, N. L.; Martin, J. W.; Crandall, K. A. (2012). Phylogenetics links monster larva to deep-sea shrimp. <em>Ecology and Evolution.</em> 2(10): 2367-2373., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.347 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Aristeus armatus Spence Bate, 1881) Bate, C. S. (1881). On the Penaeidae. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 5.</em> 8: 169-196, pls. 11-12. [details]
basis of record De Grave, S.; Fransen, C.H.J.M. (2011). Carideorum catalogus: the recent species of the dendrobranchiate, stenopodidean, procarididean and caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda). <em>Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden.</em> 85(9): 195-589. (look up in IMIS) [details]
status source Bracken-Grissom, H. D.; Felder, D. L.; Vollmer, N. L.; Martin, J. W.; Crandall, K. A. (2012). Phylogenetics links monster larva to deep-sea shrimp. <em>Ecology and Evolution.</em> 2(10): 2367-2373., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.347 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype (of Aristeus armatus Spence Bate, 1881), geounit Buenos Aires [details]
Syntype (of Aristeus armatus Spence Bate, 1881), geounit Central North Pacific [details]
Syntype (of Aristeus armatus Spence Bate, 1881), geounit Japan [details]
Syntype (of Aristeus armatus Spence Bate, 1881), geounit Philippines [details]
Syntype (of Aristeus armatus Spence Bate, 1881), geounit Torres Strait [details]
Syntype (of Aristeus armatus Spence Bate, 1881), geounit Tristan da Cunha [details]
Syntype (of Aristeus armatus Spence Bate, 1881), geounit Tuamotu Islands [details]
Unreviewed
Depth range Pelagic or bathypelagic [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | monstrous gamba prawn | [details] |
| French | gamba monstrueuse | [details] |
| Japanese | ミツトゲチヒロエビ | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Aristeus armatus Spence Bate, 1881)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Plesiopenaeus armatus (Spence Bate, 1881))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Plesiopenaeus armatus (Spence Bate, 1881))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Aristeus armatus Spence Bate, 1881)
To CRUSTA
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Plesiopenaeus armatus) (from synonym Plesiopenaeus armatus (Spence Bate, 1881))
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Plesiopenaeus armatus (Spence Bate, 1881))
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ Plesiopenaeus armatus) (from synonym Plesiopenaeus armatus (Spence Bate, 1881))
To PESI (from synonym Plesiopenaeus armatus (Spence Bate, 1881))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (58 records) (from synonym Plesiopenaeus armatus (Spence Bate, 1881))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Plesiopenaeus armatus (Spence Bate, 1881))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Plesiopenaeus armatus (Spence Bate, 1881))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Aristeus armatus Spence Bate, 1881)
To CRUSTA
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Plesiopenaeus armatus) (from synonym Plesiopenaeus armatus (Spence Bate, 1881))
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Plesiopenaeus armatus (Spence Bate, 1881))
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ Plesiopenaeus armatus) (from synonym Plesiopenaeus armatus (Spence Bate, 1881))
To PESI (from synonym Plesiopenaeus armatus (Spence Bate, 1881))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (58 records) (from synonym Plesiopenaeus armatus (Spence Bate, 1881))
