Marine Species Traits - Mecataleptodius parvulus (Fabricius, 1793)

Traits taxon details

Mecataleptodius parvulus (Fabricius, 1793)

AphiaID

1588130 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1588130)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Mecataleptodius Tavares & de Mendonça, 2022

Original name

Cancer parvulus Fabricius, 1793

Synonymised names

Cancer parvulus Fabricius, 1793 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Chlorodius americanus de Saussure, 1857 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Xanthodius parvulus (Fabricius, 1793) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Cancer parvulus Fabricius, 1793) Fabricius, J.C. (1793). Entomologia Systematica Emendata et Aucta. Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species Adjectis Synonimis, Locis, Observationibus, Descriptionibus. [Improved and Enhanced Systematic Entomology. According to the Classes, Orders, Genera, Species Adjacent Synonyms, Localities, Observations, and Descriptions.]. Proft, Christian Gottlob (Kopenhagen) , Hafniae. 2: i-viii + 1-519., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.36532 [details]

Taxonomic citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Mecataleptodius parvulus (Fabricius, 1793). Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1588130 on 2026-07-14

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Mecataleptodius parvulus (Fabricius, 1793). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1588130 on 2026-07-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2022-06-14 08:21:13Z

created

De Grave, Sammy

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original description (of Cancer parvulus Fabricius, 1793) Fabricius, J.C. (1793). Entomologia Systematica Emendata et Aucta. Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species Adjectis Synonimis, Locis, Observationibus, Descriptionibus. [Improved and Enhanced Systematic Entomology. According to the Classes, Orders, Genera, Species Adjacent Synonyms, Localities, Observations, and Descriptions.]. Proft, Christian Gottlob (Kopenhagen) , Hafniae. 2: i-viii + 1-519., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.36532 [details]

original description (of Chlorodius americanus de Saussure, 1857) de Saussure, H. (1857). Diagnoses de quelques Crustacés nouveaux des Antilles et du Mexique. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée. série 2, 9: 304–308. [details]

Definitions

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Cancer parvulus Fabricius, 1793)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Xanthodius parvulus (Fabricius, 1793))
To CRUSTA (from synonym Xanthodius parvulus (Fabricius, 1793))