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WoRMS taxon details

Gecarcoidea H. Milne Edwards, 1837

206904  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206904)

accepted
Genus
Hylaeocarcinus Wood-Mason, 1874 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Limnocarcinus De Man, 1879 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pelocarcinus H. Milne Edwards, 1853 · unaccepted > unjustified emendation (unnecessary replacement name for...)  
unnecessary replacement name for Gecarcoidea H. Milne Edwards, 1837
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Milne Edwards, H. (1834–1840). Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés, Comprenant l´Anatomie, la Physiologie et la Classification de ces Animaux, Vol I (1834): i–xxxv + 1–468, Vol. II (1837): 1–532, Vol. III (1840): 1–638; atlas: 1–32, pls. 1–42. Encyclopédique Roret, Paris. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/16170#/summary [details] 
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Gecarcoidea H. Milne Edwards, 1837. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206904 on 2025-05-01
Date
action
by
2004-06-06 22:00:00Z
created
2006-09-12 06:54:36Z
changed
Martinez, Olga
2009-12-16 08:58:17Z
checked
2011-01-19 07:58:39Z
changed
2022-02-24 10:09:12Z
changed
2022-05-24 02:45:19Z
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Nomenclature

original description Milne Edwards, H. (1834–1840). Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés, Comprenant l´Anatomie, la Physiologie et la Classification de ces Animaux, Vol I (1834): i–xxxv + 1–468, Vol. II (1837): 1–532, Vol. III (1840): 1–638; atlas: 1–32, pls. 1–42. Encyclopédique Roret, Paris. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/16170#/summary [details] 

original description (of Hylaeocarcinus Wood-Mason, 1874) Wood-Mason, J. (1874). On a New Genus and Species (<i>Hylaeocarcinus humei</i>) of Landcrabs from the Nicobar Island. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> 92: 258-262; Pls. XV-XVI. [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Limnocarcinus De Man, 1879) De Man, J.G. (1879). On some new or imperfectly known Podophthalmous Crustacea of the Leyden Museum. <em>Notes from the Leyden Museum.</em> 1(2): 53–73. [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Pelocarcinus H. Milne Edwards, 1853) Milne Edwards, H. (1853). Mémoire sur la famille des ocypodiens. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, 3rd series.</em> 20: 163-228, pls. 6-11. [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details] 

 
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