WoRMS name details

Gastroptychus defensa (Benedict, 1902)

392761  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:392761)

  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. Anomura (Infraorder)
  12. Chirostyloidea (Superfamily)
  13. Chirostylidae (Family)
  14. Gastroptychus (Genus)
  15. Gastroptychus defensa (Species)
 unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Ptychogaster defensa Benedict, 1902) Benedict, J. E. (1902). Description of a new genus and forty six new species of crustaceans of the family Galatheidae with a list of the known marine species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 26: 243-334. [details] OpenAccess publication
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Gastroptychus defensa (Benedict, 1902). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=392761 on 2025-04-11
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2009-04-21 12:39:08Z
created
Macpherson, Enrique
2019-12-04 18:37:25Z
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De Grave, Sammy
2022-08-03 11:21:27Z
changed
De Grave, Sammy

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Nomenclature

original description (of Ptychogaster defensa Benedict, 1902) Benedict, J. E. (1902). Description of a new genus and forty six new species of crustaceans of the family Galatheidae with a list of the known marine species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 26: 243-334. [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Baba, K.; Macpherson, E.; Poore, G.; Ahyong, S.; Bermudez, A.; Cabezas, P.; Lin, C.-W.; Nizinski, M.; Rodrigues, C.; Schnabel, K. (2008). Catalogue of squat lobsters of the world (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura - families Chirostylidae, Galatheidae and Kiwaidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1905: 1-220. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]


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