WoRMS taxon details
Lepidophthalmus Holmes, 1904
246328 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:246328)
accepted
Genus
Lepidophthalmus eiseni Holmes, 1904 (type by monotypy)
Lepidophthalminus Sakai, 2015 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Lepidophthalmoides Sakai, 2011 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym
Podocallichirus Sakai, 1999 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Lepidophthalmus bocourti (A. Milne-Edwards, 1870)
- Species Lepidophthalmus eiseni Holmes, 1904
- Species Lepidophthalmus grandidieri (Coutière, 1899)
- Species Lepidophthalmus jamaicense (Schmitt, 1935)
- Species Lepidophthalmus louisianensis (Schmitt, 1935)
- Species Lepidophthalmus madagassus (Lenz & Richters, 1881)
- Species Lepidophthalmus manningi Felder & Staton, 2000
- Species Lepidophthalmus natesi Felder & Robles, 2015
- Species Lepidophthalmus panamensis Felder & Robles, 2015
- Species Lepidophthalmus rafai Felder & Manning, 1998
- Species Lepidophthalmus richardi Felder & Manning, 1997
- Species Lepidophthalmus rosae (Nobili, 1904)
- Species Lepidophthalmus sinuensis Lemaitre & Rodrigues, 1991
- Species Lepidophthalmus siriboia Felder & Rodrigues, 1993
- Species Lepidophthalmus statoni Felder, 2015
- Species Lepidophthalmus tridentatus (von Martens, 1868)
- Species Lepidophthalmus turneranus (White, 1861)
- Species Lepidophthalmus ranongensis (Sakai, 1983) accepted as Thailandcallichirus ranongensis (Sakai, 1983) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Lepidophthalmus siriboius (Felder & Rodrigues, 1993) accepted as Lepidophthalmus siriboia Felder & Rodrigues, 1993 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Lepidophthalmus socotrensis Sakai & Apel, 2002 accepted as Lepidophthalmus madagassus (Lenz & Richters, 1881) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish
Holmes, S.J. (1904). On some new or imperfectly known species of west American Crustacea. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> 3: 307-322, pls. 35-37. [details] 
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Lepidophthalmus Holmes, 1904. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=246328 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Holmes, S.J. (1904). On some new or imperfectly known species of west American Crustacea. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> 3: 307-322, pls. 35-37. [details]
original description (of Podocallichirus Sakai, 1999) Sakai, K. (1999). Synopsis of the family Callianassidae, with keys to subfamilies, genera and species, and the description of new taxa (Crustacea: Decapoda: Thalassinidea). <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden.</em> 326: 1-152. [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Lepidophthalmoides Sakai, 2011) Sakai, K. (2011). Axioidea of the world and a reconsideration of the Callianassoidea (Decapoda, Thalassinidea, Callianassida). <em>Crustaceana Monographs.</em> 13: 1-616., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/9789047424185_001 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Lepidophthalminus Sakai, 2015) Sakai, K. (2015). A revised list of all ghost shrimps (Callianassidea and Thalassinidea) (Decapoda, Pleocyemata) from the Red Sea area, with a new genus, <i>Lepidophthalminus</i> gen. nov. and two new species in the genera <i>Gilvossius</i> and <i>Neocallichirus</i>. <em>Crustaceana.</em> 88(4): 422-448., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/15685403-00003420 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Podocallichirus Sakai, 1999) Sakai, K. (1999). Synopsis of the family Callianassidae, with keys to subfamilies, genera and species, and the description of new taxa (Crustacea: Decapoda: Thalassinidea). <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden.</em> 326: 1-152. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Lepidophthalmoides Sakai, 2011) Sakai, K. (2011). Axioidea of the world and a reconsideration of the Callianassoidea (Decapoda, Thalassinidea, Callianassida). <em>Crustaceana Monographs.</em> 13: 1-616., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/9789047424185_001 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Lepidophthalminus Sakai, 2015) Sakai, K. (2015). A revised list of all ghost shrimps (Callianassidea and Thalassinidea) (Decapoda, Pleocyemata) from the Red Sea area, with a new genus, <i>Lepidophthalminus</i> gen. nov. and two new species in the genera <i>Gilvossius</i> and <i>Neocallichirus</i>. <em>Crustaceana.</em> 88(4): 422-448., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/15685403-00003420 [details] Available for editors
[request]Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Poore, G.C.B., Dworschak, P.C., Robles, R., Mantelatto, F.L. & Felder, D.L. (2019). A new classification of Callianassidae and related families (Crustacea: Decapoda: Axiidea) derived from a molecular phylogeny with morphological support. <em>Memoirs of Museum Victoria,.</em> 78, 73–146., available online at https://doi.org/10.24199/j.mmv.2019.78.05
page(s): 112 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 112 [details] Available for editors
[request]Identification resource
identification resource
Poore, G. C. B. (2023). New records and one new species of Callichiridae from the Indo-West Pacific (Crustacea, Axiidea) with keys to species of <em>Corallianassa</em>, <em>Lepidophthalmus </em>and <em>Neocallichirus</em>. <em>Memoirs of Museum Victoria.</em> 82: 71-95., available online at https://doi.org/10.24199/j.mmv.2023.82.04
page(s): 74; note: Key to the Indo-West Pacific species of Lepidophthalmus [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 74; note: Key to the Indo-West Pacific species of Lepidophthalmus [details] Available for editors
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