WoRMS taxon details
Litocheira Kinahan, 1856
246333 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:246333)
accepted
Genus
Litocheira bispinosa Kinahan, 1856 (type by monotypy)
Brachygrapsus Kingsley, 1880 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Litochira Kinahan, 1856 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
- Species Litocheira bispinosa Kinahan, 1856
- Species Litocheira affinis Tesch, 1918 accepted as Viaderiana affinis (Tesch, 1918) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Litocheira amakusae Takeda & Miyake, 1969 accepted as Zehntneriana amakusae (Takeda & Miyake, 1969) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Litocheira amoyensis Gordon, 1930 accepted as Ser amoyensis (Gordon, 1930) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Litocheira aranea Tesch, 1918 accepted as Viaderiana aranea (Tesch, 1918) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Litocheira cristata Rathbun, 1909 accepted as Heteropilumnus cristatus (Rathbun, 1909) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Litocheira decharmoyi Bouvier, 1915 accepted as Heteropilumnus decharmoyi (Bouvier, 1915) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Litocheira glabra Baker, 1906 accepted as Georgeoplax glabra (Baker, 1906) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Litocheira inermis Borradaile, 1903 accepted as Ptychognathus pusillus Heller, 1865 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Litocheira kingsleyi (Miers in Tizard, Moseley, Buchanan & Murray, 1885) accepted as Miersiograpsus kingsleyi (Miers in Tizard, Moseley, Buchanan & Murray, 1885) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Litocheira nandongensis Chen, 1998 accepted as Viaderiana nandongensis (Chen, 1998) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Litocheira nanshensis Dai, Cai & Yang, 1994 accepted as Viaderiana nanshensis (Dai, Cai & Yang, 1994) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Litocheira perpusillus (Nobili, 1906) accepted as Platyozius perpusillus Nobili, 1906 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Litocheira quadrispinosa Zehntner, 1894 accepted as Viaderiana quadrispinosa (Zehntner, 1894) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Litocheira sculptimana Tesch, 1918 accepted as Calmania sculptimana (Tesch, 1918) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Litocheira setosa (A. Milne-Edwards, 1873) accepted as Heteropilumnus setosus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1873) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Litocheira splendida De Man, 1929 accepted as Heteropilumnus splendidus (De Man, 1929) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Litocheira xishaensis Song, 1987 accepted as Viaderiana xishaensis (Song, 1987) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Kinahan, J.R. (1856) Remarks on the habits and distribution of marine Crustacea on the eastern shores of Port Phillip, Victoria, Australia, with descriptions of undescribed species and genera. Journal of the Royal Dublin Society, 1, 111-134, pis 3-4. [details] 
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Litocheira Kinahan, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=246333 on 2025-04-30
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Kinahan, J.R. (1856) Remarks on the habits and distribution of marine Crustacea on the eastern shores of Port Phillip, Victoria, Australia, with descriptions of undescribed species and genera. Journal of the Royal Dublin Society, 1, 111-134, pis 3-4. [details] 
original description (of Brachygrapsus Kingsley, 1880) Kingsley, J.S. (1880). Carcinological notes, no. IV.—Synopsis of the Grapsidae. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 32(2): 187-224. [details]
original description (of Brachygrapsus Kingsley, 1880) Kingsley, J.S. (1880). Carcinological notes, no. IV.—Synopsis of the Grapsidae. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 32(2): 187-224. [details]



