Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Eucarida > Order Decapoda > Suborder Pleocyemata > Infraorder Brachyura > Kingdom Eubrachyura > Kingdom 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

DomeciaEydoux & Souleyet, 1842accepted genus name

Children

Domecia acanthophora africana Guinot, 1964

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., F. Álvarez, J. W. Goy, and R. Lemaitre. 2009. Decapoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, with Comments on the Amphionidacea, Pp. 1019–1104 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas

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Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Decapod Collection
Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Davie, P. (2014). Domecia acanthophora (Desbonne, in Desbonne & Schramm, 1867). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:107424

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine

Importance

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Last modified

2010-01-19 by Peter Davie

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