WoRMS taxon details

Onycocaris zanzibarica Bruce, 1971

208747  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:208747)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Crustacea (Subphylum)
  5. Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  6. Malacostraca (Class)
  7. Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
  8. Eucarida (Superorder)
  9. Decapoda (Order)
  10. Pleocyemata (Suborder)
  11. Caridea (Infraorder)
  12. Palaemonoidea (Superfamily)
  13. Palaemonidae (Family)
  14. Onycocaris (Genus)
  15. Onycocaris zanzibarica (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Bruce, A.J. (1971). <i>Onycocaris zanzibarica</i> sp. nov., a new pontoniid shrimp from East Africa. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 5: 293-298. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Description Originally described on the basis of some damaged specimens, from off Chumbe Is., Zanzibar  
Description Originally described on the basis of some damaged specimens, from off Chumbe Is., Zanzibar [details]
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Onycocaris zanzibarica Bruce, 1971. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208747 on 2025-04-15
Date
action
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1997-04-15 12:35:03Z
created
Onyango, Eunice
2010-09-09 15:15:28Z
changed
De Grave, Sammy
2022-06-16 11:23:54Z
changed
Fransen, Charles
2022-11-20 07:44:33Z
changed
De Grave, Sammy

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Nomenclature

original description Bruce, A.J. (1971). <i>Onycocaris zanzibarica</i> sp. nov., a new pontoniid shrimp from East Africa. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 5: 293-298. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

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). <em>Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden.</em> 85(9): 195-589. (look up in IMIS) [details] OpenAccess publication

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Description Originally described on the basis of some damaged specimens, from off Chumbe Is., Zanzibar [details]
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