Marine Species Traits - Heptacarpus franciscanus (Schmitt, 1921)

Traits taxon details

Heptacarpus franciscanus (Schmitt, 1921)

AphiaID

515248 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:515248)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Heptacarpus Holmes, 1900

Original name

Spirontocaris franciscana Schmitt, 1921

Synonymised names

Spirontocaris franciscana Schmitt, 1921 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Spirontocaris franciscana Schmitt, 1921) Schmitt, W.L. (1921). The marine decapod Crustacea of California with special reference to the decapod Crustacea collected by the Unites States Bureau of Fisheries steamer ”Albatross” in connection with the biological survey of San Francisco Bay during the years 1912-1913. 1-470, pls. 1-50. University of California Press, Berkeley., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.53704 [details]

Taxonomic citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Heptacarpus franciscanus (Schmitt, 1921). Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=515248 on 2026-07-17

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Heptacarpus franciscanus (Schmitt, 1921). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=515248 on 2026-07-17

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-09-09 14:00:27Z

created

De Grave, Sammy

2022-02-13 16:07:14Z

changed

De Grave, Sammy

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original description (of Spirontocaris franciscana Schmitt, 1921) Schmitt, W.L. (1921). The marine decapod Crustacea of California with special reference to the decapod Crustacea collected by the Unites States Bureau of Fisheries steamer ”Albatross” in connection with the biological survey of San Francisco Bay during the years 1912-1913. 1-470, pls. 1-50. University of California Press, Berkeley., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.53704 [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]

Definitions

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 52716) (from synonym Spirontocaris franciscana Schmitt, 1921)
To ITIS