Marine Species Traits - Alima neptuni (Linnaeus, 1768)

ERMS taxon details

Alima neptuni (Linnaeus, 1768)

AphiaID

409168 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:409168)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Alima Leach, 1817

Original name

Cancer neptuni Linnaeus, 1768

Synonymised names

Alima hyalina Leach, 1817 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of ) Linnaeus, C. (1768). Dissertatio academica sistens Iter in Chinam, Cons. Exper. Fac. Med. Ups. Moderante Viro Generosissimo D:no. Car. v. Linné. Publico examini submissa ab Andrea Sparrman Uplando. In Auditorio Carol. Maj. d. xxx. Nov. Anni MDCCLXVIII. H. A. M. S. Joh. Edman, Upsaliae, 16 pp. [published 30 November 1768]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27410341 [details]

Taxonomic citation

NARMS (2025). Alima neptuni (Linnaeus, 1768). Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=409168 on 2025-05-24

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Alima neptuni (Linnaeus, 1768). Accessed at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=409168 on 2025-05-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-07-15 06:32:28Z

created

db_admin

2013-04-01 22:46:56Z

checked

Ahyong, Shane

2022-05-10 07:36:32Z

changed

Ahyong, Shane

Licensing

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[taxonomic tree]

original description (of Alima hyalina Leach, 1817) Leach, W.E. (1817-1818). A general notice of the animals taken by Mr. John Cranch, during the expedition to explore the source of the River Zaire. [pp. 407–419, 1 pl.]. In: Tuckey, J. K., Narrative of an Expedition to Explore the River Zaire, Usually Called the Congo, in South Africa, in 1816, under the Direction of Captain J. K. Tuckey, R.N., to Which is Added, the Journal of Professor Smith, Some General Observations on the Country and its Inhabitants, and an Appendix: Containing the Natural History of that Part of the Kingdom of Congo Through Which the Zaire Flows. John Murray, London. (look up in RoR) [details]

original description (of ) Linnaeus, C. (1768). Dissertatio academica sistens Iter in Chinam, Cons. Exper. Fac. Med. Ups. Moderante Viro Generosissimo D:no. Car. v. Linné. Publico examini submissa ab Andrea Sparrman Uplando. In Auditorio Carol. Maj. d. xxx. Nov. Anni MDCCLXVIII. H. A. M. S. Joh. Edman, Upsaliae, 16 pp. [published 30 November 1768]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27410341 [details]

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

additional source Low, M.E.Y. & Ahyong, S.T. (2017). Cancer neptuni Linnaeus, 1768 (now Alima neptuni): original description, authorship and date of publication (Crustacea: Stomatopoda: Squillidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4319 (2): 373–374., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4319.2.7 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (53 publications) (from synonym Alima hyalina Leach, 1817)
To PESI (from synonym Alima hyalina Leach, 1817)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (23 records) (from synonym Alima hyalina Leach, 1817)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (4 records)
To ITIS