WoRMS taxon details
Petrolisthes tuerkayi Naderloo & Apel, 2014
823731 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:823731)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Naderloo, R.; Apel, M. (2014). A new species of porcelain crab, <em>Petrolisthes</em> <em>tuerkayi</em> n. sp. (Crustacea: Anomura: Porcellanidae), from the Persian Gulf. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3881(2): 190., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2014/f/z03881p194f.pdf [details] Available for editors 
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Type locality contained in Persian Gulf
type locality contained in Persian Gulf [details]
Etymology The species is named after Prof. Dr. Michael Türkay, curator of the crustacean department of the Senckenberg Museum, who...
Etymology The species is named after Prof. Dr. Michael Türkay, curator of the crustacean department of the Senckenberg Museum, who dedicated 45 years of his life to the taxonomy of decapod crustaceans, in particular in the northern Indian Ocean. Michael Türkay was supervisor of the Ph.D projects of the both authors dealing with the decapod crustacean fauna of the Persian Gulf. [details]
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Petrolisthes tuerkayi Naderloo & Apel, 2014. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=823731 on 2025-03-29
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Nomenclature
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Naderloo, R.; Apel, M. (2014). A new species of porcelain crab, <em>Petrolisthes</em> <em>tuerkayi</em> n. sp. (Crustacea: Anomura: Porcellanidae), from the Persian Gulf. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3881(2): 190., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2014/f/z03881p194f.pdf [details] Available for editors [request]
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Etymology The species is named after Prof. Dr. Michael Türkay, curator of the crustacean department of the Senckenberg Museum, who dedicated 45 years of his life to the taxonomy of decapod crustaceans, in particular in the northern Indian Ocean. Michael Türkay was supervisor of the Ph.D projects of the both authors dealing with the decapod crustacean fauna of the Persian Gulf. [details]
