Decanet taxon details
Sternostylus defensus (Benedict, 1902)
1310473 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1310473)
accepted
Species
Chirostylus defensus (Benedict, 1902) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Gastroptychus defensa (Benedict, 1902) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Gastroptychus defensus (Benedict, 1902) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Ptychogaster defensa Benedict, 1902 · unaccepted > superseded combination
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] 
Type locality contained in Galapagos Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Galapagos Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Sternostylus defensus (Benedict, 1902). Accessed at: https://decanet.info/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1310473 on 2025-09-12
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(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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Ptychogaster defensa Benedict, 1902)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ptychogaster defensa; USNM 20563) (from synonym Ptychogaster defensa Benedict, 1902)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Gastroptychus defensus (Benedict, 1902))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Ptychogaster defensa Benedict, 1902)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ptychogaster defensa; USNM 20563) (from synonym Ptychogaster defensa Benedict, 1902)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Gastroptychus defensus (Benedict, 1902))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Ptychogaster defensa Benedict, 1902)
Unreviewed
Hosted externally, from synonym