Marine Species Traits - Mesacturus furcicaudatus (Miers, 1880)

WoRMS taxon details

Mesacturus furcicaudatus (Miers, 1880)

AphiaID

409018 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:409018)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Type taxon of

Mesacturus Miers, 1880

Parent

Mesacturus Miers, 1880

Original name

Gonodactylus furcicaudatus Miers, 1880

Synonymised names

Gonodactylus furcicaudatus Miers, 1880 · unaccepted (Basionym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Gonodactylus furcicaudatus Miers, 1880) Miers, E. J. (1880). On the Squillidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (5)5, 1–30, 108–127, pls. 1–3. [details]

Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2025). Mesacturus furcicaudatus (Miers, 1880). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=409018 on 2025-06-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-07-14 08:05:43Z

created

db_admin

2013-08-16 04:41:02Z

checked

Ahyong, Shane

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Gonodactylus furcicaudatus Miers, 1880) Miers, E. J. (1880). On the Squillidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (5)5, 1–30, 108–127, pls. 1–3. [details]

Other

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Syntype BMNH 1862.35, verbatimGeounit Type locality unknow... [details]

Syntype ZSIC 7225/10, verbatimGeounit Type locality unknow... [details]

Definitions

Language	Name
Japanese	トゲオシャコ	[details]

To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (3 records)