AfReMaS name details
Melia caestifer Alcock, 1898
210173 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:210173)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Melia Berthold, 1827 accepted as Lybia H. Milne Edwards, 1834
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Alcock, A. (1898). Materials for a carcinological fauna of India. No. 3. The Brachyura Cyclometopa. Part I. The family Xanthidae. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> 67(2): 67-233. [details] 
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Melia caestifer Alcock, 1898. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=210173 on 2025-04-29
Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025). African Register of Marine Species. Melia caestifer Alcock, 1898. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=210173 on 2025-04-29
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Alcock, A. (1898). Materials for a carcinological fauna of India. No. 3. The Brachyura Cyclometopa. Part I. The family Xanthidae. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> 67(2): 67-233. [details]
source of synonymy Bouvier, E.L. (1915). Decapodes marcheurs (Reptantia) et Stomatopodes recueillis a l'ile Maurice par M. Paul Carie. Bull. Scient. Fr. Belg. 3 (48): 178-318. (look up in IMIS) [details]
source of synonymy Bouvier, E.L. (1915). Decapodes marcheurs (Reptantia) et Stomatopodes recueillis a l'ile Maurice par M. Paul Carie. Bull. Scient. Fr. Belg. 3 (48): 178-318. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality