Hong Kong Register of Marine Species - Lucifer Thompson, 1829

HKRMS taxon details

Lucifer Thompson, 1829

AphiaID

106827 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106827)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Lucifer typus H. Milne Edwards, 1837 (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Luciferidae De Haan, 1849

Original name

Lucifer Thompson, 1829

Direct children (5)

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Species Lucifer typus H. Milne Edwards, 1837
Species Lucifer faxoni Borradaile, 1915 accepted as Belzebub faxoni (Borradaile, 1915) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Lucifer hanseni Nobili, 1906 accepted as Belzebub hanseni (Nobili, 1906) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Lucifer intermedius Hansen, 1919 accepted as Belzebub intermedius (Hansen, 1919) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Lucifer penicillifer Hansen, 1919 accepted as Belzebub penicillifer (Hansen, 1919) (unaccepted > superseded combination)

Environment

marine

Original description

Thompson, J.V. (1829). On the Luminosity of the Ocean, with descriptions of some remarkable species of Luminous Animals (Pyrosoma pigmaea and Sapphirina indicator) and particularly of the four new genera, Nocticula, Cynthia, Lucifer and Podopsis, of the Shizopodae. In: Thompson, J.V. (1828-1834). Zoological Researches, and illustrations; or, natural history of nondescript or imperfectly known animals, in a series of memoirs, illustrated by numerous figures. pp. 37-61, plates V-VIII. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Taxonomic citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Lucifer Thompson, 1829. Accessed through: Astudillo, J. C.; Williams, G. A.; Leung, K. M. Y.; Cannicci, S.; Yasuhara, M.; Yau, C.; Qiu, J-W.; Ang, P. O.; To, A. W. L.; Shea, S. K. H. (Eds.) (2025) Hong Kong Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/hkrms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106827 on 2025-05-14

Regional species database citation

Astudillo, J. C.; Williams, G. A.; Leung, K. M. Y.; Cannicci, S.; Yasuhara, M.; Yau, C.; Qiu, J-W.; Ang, P. O.; To, A. W. L.; Shea, S. K. H. (Eds.) (2025). Hong Kong Register of Marine Species. Lucifer Thompson, 1829. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/hkrms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106827 on 2025-05-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Türkay, Michael

2011-11-04 06:20:20Z

changed

Fransen, Charles

2022-08-24 14:21:18Z

changed

De Grave, Sammy

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original description Thompson, J.V. (1829). On the Luminosity of the Ocean, with descriptions of some remarkable species of Luminous Animals (Pyrosoma pigmaea and Sapphirina indicator) and particularly of the four new genera, Nocticula, Cynthia, Lucifer and Podopsis, of the Shizopodae. In: Thompson, J.V. (1828-1834). Zoological Researches, and illustrations; or, natural history of nondescript or imperfectly known animals, in a series of memoirs, illustrated by numerous figures. pp. 37-61, plates V-VIII. (look up in IMIS) [details]

basis of record Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 284-292 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Pérez Farfante, I.; Kensley, B. (1997). Penaeoid and sergestoid shrimps and prawns of the world. Keys and diagnoses for the families and genera. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire naturelle. 175: 1-233. [details] Available for editors

additional source De Grave, S.; Fransen, C.H.J.M. (2011). Carideorum catalogus: the recent species of the dendrobranchiate, stenopodidean, procarididean and caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda). Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden. 85(9): 195-589. (look up in IMIS) [details]

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Introduced: alien

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To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lucifer)
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