Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Eucarida > Order Decapoda > Suborder Pleocyemata > Infraorder Brachyura > Section Eubrachyura > Subsection Heterotremata > Superfamily Trapezioidea > Family Domeciidae > Genus Domecia

Domecia acanthophora (Desbonne in Desbonne & Schramm, 1867)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Domecia*	Eydoux & Souleyet, 1842	accepted genus name
*Neleus*	Desbonne in Desbonne & Schramm, 1867	synonym

Species group names

*Neleus acanthophorus*	Desbonne in Desbonne & Schramm, 1867	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: elkhorn coral crab

Literature

basis of record	Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 284-292
additional source	Felder, D. L., Álvarez. F.,Goy, J.W. & Lemaitre, R. (2009). Decapoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, with comments on the Amphionidacea,. Felder, D.L., and Camp, D.K. (eds), Gulf of Mexico - Origins, Waters, and Biota. Vol. 1. Biodiversity. Pp. 1019–1104 (Texas A&M University Press: College Station, Texas).

Genbank

Citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Domecia acanthophora (Desbonne in Desbonne & Schramm, 1867). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:107424